# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-c-wilson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:47:21.720Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-c-wilson"
name: "Joseph C. Wilson"
slug: "joseph-c-wilson"
description: "Joseph Charles Wilson IV was an American diplomat who was best known for his 2002 trip to Niger to investigate allegations that Saddam Hussein was attempting to purchase yellowcake uranium; his New York Times op-ed piece, \"What I Didn't Find in Africa\"; and the subsequent leaking by the Bush/Cheney administration of information pertaining to the identity of his wife Valerie Plame as a CIA officer. He also served as the CEO of a consulting firm he founded, JC Wilson International Ventures, and as the vice chairman of Jarch Capital, LLC."
tagline: "American diplomat (1949–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Wilson_at_Politicon_2018_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1949-11-06"
deathDate: "2019-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.74
  momentum:             0.3307839388145316
  historical:           9.594508000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph C. Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_C._Wilson"
    title: "Joseph C. Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_C._Wilson"
    title: "Joseph C. Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "조지프 C. 윌슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joseph C. Wilson"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_C._Wilson"
    title: "Joseph C. Wilson"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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