# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-a-samford
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:46:25.340Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-a-samford"
name: "John A. Samford"
slug: "john-a-samford"
description: "John Alexander Samford was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force who served as Director of the National Security Agency."
tagline: "United States general (1905–1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samford_John_Alexander_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1905-08-29"
deathDate: "1968-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.6
  momentum:             0.7641196013289037
  historical:           5.678330666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Samford"
    title: "John A. Samford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A3.%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "جون أ.صامفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7.%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "جون ا.صامفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BC%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Сэмфорд, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Samford"
    title: "John A. Samford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Samford"
    title: "John A. Samford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326172"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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