# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenneth-o-keefe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:35:49.395Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenneth-o-keefe"
name: "Kenneth O'Keefe"
slug: "kenneth-o-keefe"
description: "Kenneth Nichols O'Keefe is an American-Irish citizen and activist and former United States marine and Gulf War veteran. In 2001, he set fire to his United States passport. Subsequently, he led the human shield action to Iraq and was a passenger on the MV Mavi Marmara during the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid, where he disarmed two of the Israeli commandos who boarded the ship, initiating a confrontation in which ten Turkish activists were killed."
tagline: "Irish-American political activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken_O'Keefe.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1969-07-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.03
  momentum:             25
  historical:           6.465773333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_O'Keefe"
    title: "Kenneth O'Keefe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "كينيث أوكيف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A5_%E0%A6%93'%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AB"
    title: "কেনেথ ও'কিফ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_O'Keefe"
    title: "Kenneth O'Keefe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_O'Keefe"
    title: "Ken O'Keefe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_O%E2%80%99Keefe"
    title: "Kenneth O’Keefe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%9E%E2%80%99%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%84"
    title: "Кенет О’Киф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16206424"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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