# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-durant
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:24:56.430Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-durant"
name: "Michael Durant"
slug: "michael-durant"
description: "Michael John Durant is an American veteran, former pilot, businessman, author, and former political candidate. He fought in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu while serving as a U.S. Army pilot, and ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for the 2022 United States Senate election in Alabama."
tagline: "Recipient of the Purple Heart medal"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_durant_Nov_2002.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1961-07-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.75
  momentum:             0.2507754240084472
  historical:           13.82585466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BA%A5%E5%8F%AF%C2%B7%E6%9D%9C%E5%80%AB"
    title: "麥可·杜倫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "مايكل دورانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "مايكل دورانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Durant"
    title: "Michael Durant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._Durant"
    title: "Michael J. Durant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Durant"
    title: "Michael Durant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Durant"
    title: "Michael Durant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%AC%DB%8C._%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "مایکل جی. دورانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Durant"
    title: "Michael Durant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Durant"
    title: "Michael Durant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%A5%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88"
    title: "マイケル・デュラント"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Durant"
    title: "Michael Durant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Durant"
    title: "Michael Durant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB"
    title: "Дюрант, Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%94%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82"
    title: "Майкл Дюрант"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707549"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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