# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-whelan-anderson-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:41:45.536Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-whelan-anderson-jr"
name: "George Whelan Anderson, Jr."
slug: "george-whelan-anderson-jr"
description: "George Whelan Anderson Jr. was an admiral in the United States Navy and a diplomat. Serving as the Chief of Naval Operations between 1961 and 1963, he was in charge of the US blockade of Cuba during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis."
tagline: "United States admiral (1906-1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Georgewandersonjr(big).gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1906-12-15"
deathDate: "1992-03-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.2926829268292683
  historical:           6.567281333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "George Whelan Anderson mlajši"
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    title: "جورج ويلان أندرسون، الابن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Whelan_Anderson_junior"
    title: "George Whelan Anderson junior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Whelan_Anderson_Jr."
    title: "George Whelan Anderson Jr."
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جورج اندرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Whelan_Anderson_Jr."
    title: "George Whelan Anderson Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Anderson"
    title: "George W. Anderson"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q605640"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump