# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/horacio-rivero-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:25:55.471Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/horacio-rivero-jr"
name: "Horacio Rivero, Jr."
slug: "horacio-rivero-jr"
description: "Horacio Rivero Jr., was the first Puerto Rican and Hispanic four-star admiral, and the second Hispanic to hold that rank in the modern United States Navy, after the American Civil War Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (1801–1870). After retiring from the Navy, Rivero served as the U.S. Ambassador to Spain (1972–1974), and was also the first Hispanic to hold that position."
tagline: "First Puerto Rican and Hispanic four-star Admiral, and second Hispanic to become a full Admiral in the modern United States Navy (1910-2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photograph_of_Vice_Admiral_Horacio_Rivero%2C_Jr.%2C_United_States_Navy_(cropped_3x4).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1910-05-16"
deathDate: "2000-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.008316
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "هوراسيو ريفيرو جونيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horacio_Rivero%2C_Jr."
    title: "Horacio Rivero, Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horacio_Rivero_Jr."
    title: "Horacio Rivero Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horacio_Rivero_Jr."
    title: "Horacio Rivero Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horacio_Rivero_Jr."
    title: "Horacio Rivero Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14567891"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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