# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/glenn-burke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:14:29.085Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/glenn-burke"
name: "Glenn Burke"
slug: "glenn-burke"
description: "Glenn Lawrence Burke was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics from 1976 to 1979. He was the first MLB player to come out as gay, announcing it in 1982 after he retired."
tagline: "American baseball player (1952-1995)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Glenn_Burke_1976.jpg/330px-Glenn_Burke_1976.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1952-11-16"
deathDate: "1995-05-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.88
  momentum:             10
  historical:           10.160392
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Glenn_Burke"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "غلين بيرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "جلين بيرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Burke"
    title: "Glenn Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Burke"
    title: "Glenn Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Burke"
    title: "Glenn Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Burke"
    title: "Glenn Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A7"
    title: "גלן בורק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Burke"
    title: "Glenn Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Burke"
    title: "Glenn Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Burke"
    title: "Glenn Burke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347823"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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