# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jesse-b-oldendorf
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:25:38.729Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jesse-b-oldendorf"
name: "Jesse B. Oldendorf"
slug: "jesse-b-oldendorf"
description: "Jesse Barrett \"Oley\" Oldendorf was an admiral in the United States Navy, famous for defeating a Japanese force in the Battle of Leyte Gulf during World War II. He also served as commander of the American naval forces during the early phase of the Battle of the Caribbean. In early 1942, a secret group of senior Navy officers empaneled by President Franklin D. Roosevelt assessed him as one of the 40 most competent of the 120 flag officers in the Navy."
tagline: "Admiral in the United States Navy and recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1887-1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jesse_Oldendorf.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1887-02-16"
deathDate: "1974-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.02
  momentum:             3.236823551726976
  historical:           6.594533333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_B._Oldendorf"
    title: "Jesse B. Oldendorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_B._Oldendorf"
    title: "Jesse B. Oldendorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_B._Oldendorf"
    title: "Jesse B. Oldendorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_B._Oldendorf"
    title: "Jesse B. Oldendorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%A1%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A3"
    title: "ג'סי אולדנדורף"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Oldendorf"
    title: "Jesse Oldendorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BBB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95"
    title: "ジェシー・B・オルデンドルフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1356563"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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