# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gilbert-s-merritt-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:40:43.743Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gilbert-s-merritt-jr"
name: "Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr."
slug: "gilbert-s-merritt-jr"
description: "Gilbert Stroud Merritt Jr. was an American lawyer and jurist. He served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 1977 to 2022."
tagline: "United States federal judge (1936–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gilbert_Merritt_Circuit_Judge.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1936-01-17"
deathDate: "2022-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.740641333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "غيلبرت ستراود ميريت الابن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D8%B3._%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جيلبرت اس. ميريت جونيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_S._Merritt_Jr."
    title: "Gilbert S. Merritt Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_S._Merritt_Jr."
    title: "Gilbert S. Merritt Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5561196"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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