# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-f-kneip
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:48:30.803Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-f-kneip"
name: "Richard F. Kneip"
slug: "richard-f-kneip"
description: "Richard Francis Kneip was an American diplomat and politician who served as the 25th governor of South Dakota from 1971 until 1978 and the 6th United States Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore. He was a member of the Democratic Party and the first Catholic Governor of South Dakota, he is the most recent Governor of South Dakota elected from the party, and the only Governor of his party to be elected more than twice."
tagline: "American politician (1933-1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dick_Kneip.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1933-01-07"
deathDate: "1987-03-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.21
  momentum:             0.8471760797342193
  historical:           6.356841333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_F._Kneip"
    title: "Richard F. Kneip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%81._%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%BE"
    title: "ریچارد اف. کنئیپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_F._Kneip"
    title: "Richard F. Kneip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_F._Kneip"
    title: "Richard F. Kneip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_F._Kneip"
    title: "Richard F. Kneip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A6'%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A4"
    title: "ריצ'רד קניפ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_F._Kneip"
    title: "Richard F. Kneip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q375135"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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