# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marion-barry
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:27:41.243Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marion-barry"
name: "Marion Barry"
slug: "marion-barry"
description: "Marion Shepilov Barry was an American politician who served as mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999. A Democrat, Barry had served three tenures on the Council of the District of Columbia, representing as an at-large member from 1975 to 1979, in Ward 8 from 1993 to 1995, and again from 2005 to 2014."
tagline: "American politician and former mayor of the District of Columbia (1936-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Crop_of_Marion_Barry_Vincent_Gray.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1936-03-06"
deathDate: "2014-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.787480405047209
  historical:           16.06094933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Marion Barry"
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    title: "Marion Barry"
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    title: "Marion Barry"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump