# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kirk-fordice
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:06:47.257Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kirk-fordice"
name: "Kirk Fordice"
slug: "kirk-fordice"
description: "Daniel Kirkwood \"Kirk\" Fordice Jr. was an American politician and businessman who served as the 61st governor of Mississippi from 1992 to 2000. A member of the Republican Party, he was the state's first governor elected to two consecutive four-year terms. He was the first Republican governor to serve in Mississippi since Adelbert Ames, who resigned in 1876."
tagline: "American politician (1934-2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kirk_Fordice_at_podium_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1934-02-10"
deathDate: "2004-09-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.84
  momentum:             4.979253112033194
  historical:           7.771606666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Fordice"
    title: "Kirk Fordice"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "کیرک فوردیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Fordice"
    title: "Kirk Fordice"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Fordice"
    title: "Kirk Fordice"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Fordice"
    title: "Kirk Fordice"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Fordice"
    title: "Kirk Fordice"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Fordice"
    title: "Kirk Fordice"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Fordice"
    title: "Kirk Fordice"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Fordice"
    title: "Kirk Fordice"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887553"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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