# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-weyrich
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:51:14.292Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-weyrich"
name: "Paul Weyrich"
slug: "paul-weyrich"
description: "Paul Michael Weyrich was an American conservative political activist and commentator associated with the New Right. He co-founded The Heritage Foundation, the Free Congress Foundation, National Empowerment Television, and the American Legislative Exchange Council, and coined the term \"moral majority,\" co-founding an organization of the same name in 1979 with Jerry Falwell. He has been described as one of the founders of the modern Christian right. He was also a Melkite Catholic deacon."
tagline: "American political activist (1942–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Weyrich-01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1942-10-07"
deathDate: "2008-12-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.177834666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Paul Weyrich"
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    title: "پول ويريتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weyrich"
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  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Weyrich"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Weyrich"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7154324"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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