# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-rathbun
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:38:56.997Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-rathbun"
name: "Mark Rathbun"
slug: "mark-rathbun"
description: "Mark C. \"Marty\" Rathbun is an American former Scientologist who served as a senior executive of the Church of Scientology. He last held the post of Inspector General of the Religious Technology Center (RTC), the organization that is responsible for the protection and enforcement of all Dianetics and Scientology copyrights and trademarks. As the inspector general, Rathbun led the RTC's international Inspector General Network, collectively responsible for internal maintenance and consistency of Scientology's practices and procedures in its organizations, and for ensuring perfect adherence to all Church policies as attributed to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Rathbun left the Church of Scientology in 2004 and became an independent Scientologist, later stating that he considers himself non-religious. Since 2016, Rathbun began criticizing former church members on his blog. He has also spoken out against prominent critics of Scientology, prompting speculation that he may have returned to the Church."
tagline: "American whistleblower"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mark_Rathbun.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1957-01-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.118949333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4105141/"
    handle:    "nm4105141"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://markrathbun.wordpress.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مارك راثبون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rathbun"
    title: "Mark Rathbun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rathbun"
    title: "Mark Rathbun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rathbun"
    title: "Mark Rathbun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mark_Rathbun"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6769394"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1469152"
    title: "Marty Rathbun"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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