# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-micheal-spann
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:49:23.673Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-micheal-spann"
name: "Johnny Micheal Spann"
slug: "johnny-micheal-spann"
description: "Johnny Micheal \"Mike\" Spann was an American paramilitary officer in the Central Intelligence Agency's Special Activities Division. Spann was the first American killed in combat during the United States invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. He died at the Qala-i-Jangi fortress during an al-Qaeda prisoner uprising."
tagline: "CIA Agent (1969–2001)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/J_M_Spann.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1969-03-01"
deathDate: "2001-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.67
  momentum:             18.76787807737398
  historical:           4.811392
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Micheal_Spann"
    title: "Johnny Micheal Spann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%86"
    title: "جانی مایکل سپن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Micheal_Spann"
    title: "Johnny Micheal Spann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mike_Spann"
    title: "Johnny Mike Spann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Micheal_Spann"
    title: "Johnny Micheal Spann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3380008"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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