# Francis Gary Powers

> Francis Gary Powers was an American pilot who served as a United States Air Force officer and a CIA employee. Powers is best known for his involvement in the 1960 U-2 incident, when he was shot down while flying a secret CIA spying mission over the Soviet Union. Powers survived, but was captured and sentenced to 10 years in a Soviet prison for espionage. He served 21 months of his sentence before being released in a prisoner swap in 1962.

*American pilot shot down flying a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union (1929-1977)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/francis-gary-powers

## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1929-08-17
- **Died:** 1977-08-01
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 11.3 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 22.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0694535/ (@nm0694535)

## Sources
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- [فرانسيس جارى باورز](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2)
- [Frensis Geri Pauers](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frensis_Geri_Pauers)
- [Фрэнсіс Гэры Паўэрс](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%96%D1%81_%D0%93%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%81)
- [Франсис Гари Пауърс](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%81)
- [ফ্রান্সিস গ্যারি পাওয়ারস](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8_%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B8)
- [Gary Powers](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Powers)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309840)

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