# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matt-urban
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:01:53.282Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matt-urban"
name: "Matt Urban"
slug: "matt-urban"
description: "Matt Louis Urban was a United States Army lieutenant colonel and one of the most decorated American soldiers of World War II. Urban performed valiantly in combat on many occasions despite being wounded in action several times. He received over a dozen personal decorations for combat, including seven Purple Hearts. In 1980, he received the Medal of Honor and three other U.S. decorations and one foreign decoration for his actions in France and Belgium in 1944."
tagline: "United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1919–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lt_Col._Matt_Urban.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1919-08-25"
deathDate: "1995-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.59
  momentum:             15.58792611066413
  historical:           4.920024
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مات يوربان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مات يوربان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Urban"
    title: "Matt Urban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Urban"
    title: "Matt Urban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Urban"
    title: "Matt Urban"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11771613"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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