# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-blanton
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:16:07.811Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-blanton"
name: "Ray Blanton"
slug: "ray-blanton"
description: "Leonard Ray Blanton was an American businessman and politician who served as the 44th governor of Tennessee from 1975 to 1979. He also served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1967 to 1973. Though he initiated a number of government reforms and was instrumental in bringing foreign investment to Tennessee, his term as governor was marred by scandal over the selling of pardons and liquor licenses."
tagline: "American politician (1930–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ray_Blanton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1930-04-10"
deathDate: "1996-11-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.12
  momentum:             2.492307692307692
  historical:           8.124266666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ray Blanton"
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    title: "رای بلانتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ray Blanton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Blanton"
    title: "Ray Blanton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ריי בלנטון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ray Blanton"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump