# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-ball
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:35:51.277Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-ball"
name: "George Ball"
slug: "george-ball"
description: "George Wildman Ball was an American diplomat and banker. He served in the management of the U.S. State Department from 1961 to 1966 and is remembered by most as the only cabinet member of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson who was a major dissenter against the escalation of the Vietnam War. Ball advised against deploying U.S. combat forces, as he believed it would lead the United States into an unwinnable war and result in a prolonged conflict. Instead, he argued that the United States should prioritize allocating its resources to Europe rather than engaging in expensive military ventures. However, he refused to publicize his doubts."
tagline: "American diplomat (1909-1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NSC_meeting_15_09_1966_Ball_cropped_out.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1909-12-21"
deathDate: "1994-05-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.34
  momentum:             1.234866828087167
  historical:           12.93614666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump