# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-e-ryan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:03:50.332Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-e-ryan"
name: "Michael E. Ryan"
slug: "michael-e-ryan"
description: "Michael Edward Ryan is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) general and was the 16th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from October 1997 to September 2001. He served as the senior uniformed USAF officer responsible for the organization, training and equipage of active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he and the other service chiefs functioned as military advisers to the Secretary of Defense, National Security Council and the President."
tagline: "Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Ryan%2C_official_military_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1941-12-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.280028
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Майкл Раян (генерал)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مايكل إي. ريان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مايكل اى. ريان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Ryan"
    title: "Michael E. Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Ryan"
    title: "Michael E. Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مایکل ادوارد رایان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael E. Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Ryan"
    title: "Michael E. Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q266040"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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