# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hershel-w-gober
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:36:03.704Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hershel-w-gober"
name: "Hershel W. Gober"
slug: "hershel-w-gober"
description: "Hershel Wayne Gober was an American government official and Vietnam War veteran. He served as acting United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) on two occasions during the administration of Bill Clinton: first from July 1, 1997, until January 2, 1998, between the resignation of Secretary Jesse Brown and the appointment of Togo D. West Jr. as acting secretary, and the second time from July 25, 2000, until January 20, 2001, after the resignation of Secretary West; this time Gober served in the post until the end of the Clinton presidency."
tagline: "Recipient of the Purple Heart medal"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gober_sm.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1936-12-21"
deathDate: "2024-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.48
  momentum:             6.315789473684211
  historical:           7.006372
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/52f8b400-dee2-4c7e-93cc-fe3338d32f50"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershel_W._Gober"
    title: "Hershel W. Gober"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ee.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershel_Wayne_Gober"
    title: "Hershel Wayne Gober"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershel_Gober"
    title: "Hershel Gober"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershel_Gober"
    title: "Hershel Gober"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BBW%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ハーシェル・W・ゴーバー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershel_Gober"
    title: "Hershel Gober"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershel_W._Gober"
    title: "Hershel W. Gober"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q937285"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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