# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerald-ketchum
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:19:28.932Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerald-ketchum"
name: "Gerald Ketchum"
slug: "gerald-ketchum"
description: "Rear Admiral Gerald L. Ketchum was a career officer in the United States Navy. He served during World War II and the Korean War. He was a recipient of the Silver Star and also participated in four expeditions to Antarctica."
tagline: "Explorer of Antarctica (1908–1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Captain_Gerald_L._Ketchum.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1908-12-05"
deathDate: "1992-08-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.11
  momentum:             6
  historical:           6.336033333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Gerald Ketchum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "جيرالد كيتشام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ketchum"
    title: "Gerald Ketchum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ketchum"
    title: "Gerald Ketchum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ketchum"
    title: "Gerald Ketchum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ketchum"
    title: "Gerald Ketchum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ketchum"
    title: "Gerald Ketchum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376037"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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