# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeff-widener
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:43:48.207Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeff-widener"
name: "Jeff Widener"
slug: "jeff-widener"
description: "Jeff Widener is an American photojournalist. He has covered assignments in over 100 countries involving civil unrest, wars, and social issues. Widener is best known for his image of the Tank Man confronting a column of tanks in Tiananmen Square in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, which made him a nominated finalist for the 1990 Pulitzer."
tagline: "American photojournalist (born 1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeff_Widener-2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1956-08-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           10.58705066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jeffwidener.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump