# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gaetano-faillace
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:50:00.528Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gaetano-faillace"
name: "Gaetano Faillace"
slug: "gaetano-faillace"
description: "Gaetano Faillace was an American military photographer who served as Douglas MacArthur's personal photographer during World War II and the American occupation of Japan after World War II. During his time in the United States Army, he took many famous images including MacArthur wading ashore during the landing on Leyte, MacArthur with Emperor Hirohito, and the cover photo for MacArthur's book Reminiscences of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur."
tagline: "American photographer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/War_photographer_Gaetano_Faillace_(1967)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1904-09-17"
deathDate: "1991-12-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.817028000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "غايتانو فيلاس"
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    title: "جايتانو فايلاس"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Faillace"
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    title: "گائتانو فایلاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Faillace"
    title: "Gaetano Faillace"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5516685"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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