# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-forrestal
# Generated: 2026-08-20T22:48:41.125Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-forrestal"
name: "Michael Forrestal"
slug: "michael-forrestal"
description: "Michael Vincent Forrestal was one of the leading aides to McGeorge Bundy, the National Security Advisor of President John F. Kennedy. He was seen as a pivotal figure in the changing of U.S. foreign policy, including recommending support for the coup d'état that deposed the first president of South Vietnam, Ngô Đình Diệm."
tagline: "American government official during the Vietnam War era"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Forrestal_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1927-11-26"
deathDate: "1989-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           2.218936
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  66
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "مايكل فوريستال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Forrestal"
    title: "Michael Forrestal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15453639"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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