# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-p-overton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:15:48.131Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-p-overton"
name: "Joseph P. Overton"
slug: "joseph-p-overton"
description: "Joseph Paul Overton was an American think-tank executive who served as the senior vice president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. He is best known for his work in the mid-1990s developing an idea since known as the Overton window."
tagline: "American political theorist (1960–2003)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/60/JosephPOverton.PNG"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1960-01-04"
deathDate: "2003-06-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump