# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-forrestal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:42:48.810Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-forrestal"
name: "James Forrestal"
slug: "james-forrestal"
description: "James Vincent Forrestal was the last cabinet-level United States secretary of the Navy and the first United States secretary of defense."
tagline: "United States Navy officer and civil servant, Undersecretary of the Navy (1892-1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Forrestal.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1892-02-15"
deathDate: "1949-05-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump