# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-g-watt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:01:40.933Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-g-watt"
name: "James G. Watt"
slug: "james-g-watt"
description: "James Gaius Watt was an American lawyer, lobbyist, and civil servant who served as Secretary of the Interior in the Ronald Reagan administration from 1981 to 1983. He was described as \"anti-environmentalist\" and was one of Ronald Reagan's most controversial cabinet appointments."
tagline: "United States Secretary of the Interior (1938-2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_g_watt.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1938-01-31"
deathDate: "2023-05-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.42
  momentum:             1.241457858769932
  historical:           9.671064
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "James G. Watt"
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    title: "James G. Watt"
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    title: "ג'יימס ואט (מזכיר הפנים)"
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    title: "James G. Watt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James G. Watt"
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    title: "Уатт, Джеймс Гаиюс"
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    title: "James G. Watt"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump