# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marc-thiessen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:25:46.744Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marc-thiessen"
name: "Marc Thiessen"
slug: "marc-thiessen"
description: "Marc Alexander Thiessen is an American political columnist, speechwriter, and political commentator. He is a columnist for The Washington Post, a Fox News contributor, and a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. From 2004 to 2009, he was a member of President George W. Bush’s speechwriting team, serving as chief speechwriter in the final years of the administration. Earlier, he was chief speechwriter for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and a longtime aide to Senator Jesse Helms."
tagline: "American writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marc_Thiessen_in_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1967-01-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.18
  momentum:             2.505674080798911
  historical:           5.536018666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/marcthiessen"
    handle:    "marcthiessen"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/marcthiessen/"
    handle:    "marcthiessen"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/marcthiessen"
    handle:    "marcthiessen"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcthiessen/"
    handle:    "marcthiessen"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3641518/"
    handle:    "nm3641518"
sources:
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Thiessen"
    title: "Marc Thiessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Thiessen"
    title: "Marc Thiessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Thiessen"
    title: "Marc Thiessen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA_%D0%A2%D1%96%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Марк Тіссен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marc_Thiessen"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6755914"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5932991"
    title: "Marc Olaf Thiessen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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