# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-j-dufek
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:35:32.923Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-j-dufek"
name: "George J. Dufek"
slug: "george-j-dufek"
description: "George John Dufek was an American naval officer, naval aviator, and polar expert. He served in World War II and the Korean War and in the 1940s and 1950s spent much of his career in the Antarctic, first with Admiral Byrd and later as supervisor of U.S. programs in the South Polar regions. Rear Admiral Dufek was the director of the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia after his retirement from the Navy in 1959."
tagline: "United States admiral (1903-1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Dufek.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1903-02-10"
deathDate: "1977-02-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.92
  momentum:             3
  historical:           6.144277333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0240348/"
    handle:    "nm0240348"
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dufek"
    title: "George Dufek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87._%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "چورچ جيه. دوفيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_J._Dufek"
    title: "George J. Dufek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_J._Dufek"
    title: "George J. Dufek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_J._Dufek"
    title: "George J. Dufek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dufek"
    title: "George Dufek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dufek"
    title: "George Dufek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3101542"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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