# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kiffin-yates-rockwell
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:01:40.250Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kiffin-yates-rockwell"
name: "Kiffin Yates Rockwell"
slug: "kiffin-yates-rockwell"
description: "Kiffin Yates Rockwell was an early aviator and the first American pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft in World War I. On May 18, 1916, Rockwell attacked and shot down a German plane over the Alsace battlefield. For this action he was awarded the Médaille militaire and the Croix de guerre."
tagline: "American World War I flying ace"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Elliott%2C_Kiffin_Rockwell._SAAM-1927.8.17.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1892-09-20"
deathDate: "1916-09-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.57
  momentum:             7.244258872651357
  historical:           4.629736
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "كيفين روكويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiffin_Rockwell"
    title: "Kiffin Rockwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiffin_Rockwell"
    title: "Kiffin Rockwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiffin_Rockwell"
    title: "Kiffin Rockwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiffin_Rockwell"
    title: "Kiffin Rockwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6075633"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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