# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-newton-chandler-iii
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:15:41.443Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-newton-chandler-iii"
name: "Joseph Newton Chandler III"
slug: "joseph-newton-chandler-iii"
description: "Robert Ivan Nichols, alias Joseph Newton Chandler III, was a formerly unidentified American identity thief who committed suicide in Eastlake, Ohio, in July 2002. After his death, investigators were unable to locate his family; they discovered that he had stolen the identity of the real Chandler who died in a Texas car crash in 1945 at the age of eight. The lengths to which Nichols went to hide his identity had led to speculation that he was a fugitive."
tagline: "American Identity Thief"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/Joe_Chandler_III.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1926-09-12"
deathDate: "2002"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.4
  momentum:             0.03856749311294766
  historical:           7.731184
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "约瑟夫·牛顿·钱德勒三世"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Newton_Chandler_III"
    title: "Joseph Newton Chandler III"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Newton_Chandler_III"
    title: "Joseph Newton Chandler III"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "جوزف نیوتون چندلر سوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Newton_Chandler_III"
    title: "Joseph Newton Chandler III"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Newton_Chandler_III"
    title: "Joseph Newton Chandler III"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%9D%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80_III"
    title: "Джозеф Ньютон Чендлер III"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%9D%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%86%D0%86%D0%86"
    title: "Джозеф Ньютон Чендлер ІІІ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23691950"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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