# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-kernan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:33:01.716Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-kernan"
name: "Joe Kernan"
slug: "joe-kernan"
description: "Joseph Eugene Kernan III was an American businessman and Democratic politician who served as the 48th governor of Indiana from 2003 to 2005. He previously served as the 47th lieutenant governor of Indiana from 1997 to 2003 under Frank O'Bannon and assumed the governorship after O'Bannon's death. Kernan had also served nearly a year as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War."
tagline: "Governor of Indiana (1946-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Kernan_(1).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-04-08"
deathDate: "2020-07-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.07
  momentum:             5.660291042174972
  historical:           8.789673333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Joe Kernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جو يوجين كيرنان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جو ئی. کرنان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kernan"
    title: "Joe Kernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kernan_(politician)"
    title: "Joe Kernan (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kernan"
    title: "Joe Kernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%9F"
    title: "ג'ו קירנן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kernan"
    title: "Joe Kernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_E._Kernan"
    title: "Joe E. Kernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431576"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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