# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/morris-childs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:57:35.232Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/morris-childs"
name: "Morris Childs"
slug: "morris-childs"
description: "Morris H. Childs was an American political activist and American Communist Party functionary who became a Soviet espionage agent (1929) and then a double agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1952) until leaving both services by 1982. Beginning in 1958, Childs acted as a secret courier on behalf of the American party, briefing Soviet officials on political affairs in the American party and carrying funds to support the American Communist movement from Moscow to New York City, reporting details all the while to his FBI handlers. Over the course of two decades of activity in this role, Childs played a major part in the transfer of more than $28 million in Soviet subsidies to the American movement. For his activity as a courier on behalf of the Soviet government, Childs was awarded the Order of the Red Banner in 1975. His work as a spy for the American intelligence community was recognized in 1987 when Childs was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan."
tagline: "American activist (1902-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Morris_Childs.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1902-06-10"
deathDate: "1991-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.223868
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8E%AB%E9%87%8C%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E8%94%A1%E5%B0%94%E5%85%B9"
    title: "莫里斯·蔡尔兹"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "موريس تشايلدز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_%C3%87aylds"
    title: "Morris Çaylds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Childs"
    title: "Morris Childs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Childs"
    title: "Morris Childs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Childs"
    title: "Morris Childs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Childs"
    title: "Morris Childs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B4%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Чайлдс, Моррис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q935568"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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