# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-m-tierney
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:44:56.729Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-m-tierney"
name: "Joseph M. Tierney"
slug: "joseph-m-tierney"
description: "Joseph M. Tierney was an American politician who served as a member of the Boston City Council from 1972 to 1987. He was the President of the City Council in 1977, 1979, and from 1983 to 1985. He was a candidate for Mayor of Boston in 1987, losing to incumbent Raymond Flynn, 67% to 33%. He was the father of actress Maura Tierney."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Tierney_(9574746851).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1941-01-01"
deathDate: "2009-12-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.99
  momentum:             1.3561190738699
  historical:           1.682049333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  64
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_M._Tierney"
    title: "Joseph M. Tierney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6285181"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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