# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luther-terry
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:00:47.789Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luther-terry"
name: "Luther Terry"
slug: "luther-terry"
description: "Luther Leonidas Terry was an American physician and public health official. He was appointed the ninth Surgeon General of the United States from 1961 to 1965, and is best known for his warnings against the dangers and the impact of tobacco use on health."
tagline: "Surgeon General of the United States (1911–1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luther_Terry_photo_portrait_as_surgeon_general.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1911-09-15"
deathDate: "1985-03-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.65
  momentum:             5.806451612903226
  historical:           6.8126
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Luther Leonidas Terry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AB%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A"
    title: "لوثر تيري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AB%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "لوثر تيرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Leonidas_Terry"
    title: "Luther Leonidas Terry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Terry"
    title: "Luther Terry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Terry"
    title: "Luther Terry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Leonidas_Terry"
    title: "Luther Leonidas Terry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Terry"
    title: "Luther Terry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q470786"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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