# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-p-matthews
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:16:47.831Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-p-matthews"
name: "Francis P. Matthews"
slug: "francis-p-matthews"
description: "Francis Patrick Matthews was an American who served as the 8th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus from 1939 to 1945, the 50th United States Secretary of the Navy from 1949 to 1951, and United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1951 to 1952."
tagline: "8th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus (1887-1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francis_P._Matthews.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1887-03-15"
deathDate: "1952-10-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.1
  momentum:             4.084415584415585
  historical:           5.478006666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Francis P. Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانسيس ب ماثيوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فرانسیس پی. ماتیوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_P._Matthews"
    title: "Francis P. Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_P._Matthews"
    title: "Francis P. Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1"
    title: "פרנסיס מתיוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q584007"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump