# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonard-matlovich
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:56:29.830Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leonard-matlovich"
name: "Leonard Matlovich"
slug: "leonard-matlovich"
description: "Technical Sergeant Leonard Phillip Matlovich was an American Vietnam War veteran, race relations instructor, and recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He was the first gay service member to purposely out himself to the military to fight their ban on gay people, and perhaps the best-known openly gay man in the United States of America in the 1970s next to Harvey Milk. His fight to stay in the United States Air Force after coming out of the closet became a cause célèbre around which the gay community rallied. His case resulted in articles in newspapers and magazines throughout the country, numerous television interviews, and a television movie on NBC."
tagline: "American Vietnam War veteran, race relations instructor, and recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star (1943–1988)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f5/Matlovich_time_cover.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1943-07-06"
deathDate: "1988-06-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.49
  momentum:             10
  historical:           12.263844
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1614640/"
    handle:    "nm1614640"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.leonardmatlovich.com"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ليونارد ماتلوفيتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليونارد ماتلوڤيتش"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Matlovich"
    title: "Leonard Matlovich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Matlovich"
    title: "Leonard Matlovich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Matlovich"
    title: "Leonard Matlovich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Matlovich"
    title: "Leonard Matlovich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Matlovich"
    title: "Leonard Matlovich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Matlovich"
    title: "Leonard Matlovich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мэтлович, Леонард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Леонард Метловіч"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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