# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-barker
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:41:57.079Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-barker"
name: "Ray Barker"
slug: "ray-barker"
description: "Major General Ray Wehnes Barker was a United States Army officer of the Allied Forces, and served in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. Barker was a key member of the combined United States-British group, which became known as COSSAC. This group planned the Battle of Normandy, codenamed \"Operation Overlord\", also known as D-Day, which liberated Nazi-occupied France. He served as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the European Theater from 1943 to 1944, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF)."
tagline: "American general (1889–1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MG_Ray_Barker-USA-E-Supreme-p57b.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1889-12-10"
deathDate: "1974-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.35
  momentum:             0.3571428571428572
  historical:           5.472930666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_W._Barker"
    title: "Ray W. Barker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B1_(%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A)"
    title: "راي باركر (عسكري)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B1_(%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%89)"
    title: "راى باركر (عسكرى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Wehnes_Barker"
    title: "Ray Wehnes Barker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Barker"
    title: "Ray Barker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%B9"
    title: "Баркер, Рэй"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2134005"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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