# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-foss
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:01:48.846Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-foss"
name: "Joe Foss"
slug: "joe-foss"
description: "Joseph Jacob Foss was a United States Marine Corps Major and a leading Marine fighter ace in World War II. He received the Medal of Honor in recognition of his role in air combat during the Guadalcanal campaign. In postwar years, he was an Air National Guard Brigadier General, served as the 20th governor of South Dakota (1955–1959), president of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) and the first commissioner of the American Football League. He also was a television broadcaster."
tagline: "United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1915–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Foss_DM-SD-03-09574.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1915-04-17"
deathDate: "2003-01-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.19630266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "جو فوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Foss"
    title: "Joe Foss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "چو فوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B3"
    title: "جو فوزس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Foss"
    title: "Joe Foss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Foss"
    title: "Joe Foss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Foss"
    title: "Joe Foss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Foss"
    title: "Joe Foss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A1"
    title: "ג'ו פוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Foss"
    title: "Joe Foss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Foss"
    title: "Joe Foss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Foss"
    title: "Joe Foss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682197"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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