# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/l-patrick-gray
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:43:02.940Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/l-patrick-gray"
name: "L. Patrick Gray"
slug: "l-patrick-gray"
description: "Louis Patrick Gray III was acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from May 3, 1972, to April 27, 1973. During this time, the FBI was in charge of the initial investigation into the burglaries that sparked the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to the resignation of President Nixon. Gray was nominated as permanent director by Nixon on February 15, 1973, but failed to win Senate confirmation. He resigned as acting director on April 27, 1973, after admitting to destroying documents that had come from convicted Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt's safe—documents received on June 28, 1972, 11 days after the Watergate burglary, and given to Gray by White House counsel John Dean."
tagline: "Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1916–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Patrickgrey.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1916-07-18"
deathDate: "2005-07-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.983126666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Patrick Gray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84._%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "إل. باتريك غراي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Patrick_Gray"
    title: "L. Patrick Gray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Gray"
    title: "Patrick Gray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Patrick_Gray"
    title: "L. Patrick Gray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Gray"
    title: "Patrick Gray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AB%D5%BD_%D4%B3%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B5"
    title: "Լուիս Գրեյ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Грей, Луис Патрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Patrick_Gray"
    title: "L. Patrick Gray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1247788"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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