# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-evelyn-byrd-sr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:49:39.348Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-evelyn-byrd-sr"
name: "Richard Evelyn Byrd, Sr."
slug: "richard-evelyn-byrd-sr"
description: "Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. was a Virginia lawyer, politician and newspaperman. He was the father of politician Harry Byrd and aviator Richard Byrd Jr."
tagline: "American politician (1860–1925)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_E_Byrd_1912.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1860-08-13"
deathDate: "1925-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           1.550361333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  64
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Evelyn_Byrd_Sr."
    title: "Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7325555"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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