# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-girnt-butler
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:48:32.534Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-girnt-butler"
name: "Richard Girnt Butler"
slug: "richard-girnt-butler"
description: "Richard Girnt Butler was an American engineer, pastor, and neo-Nazi activist. After dedicating himself to the Christian Identity movement, a racist offshoot of British Israelism, Butler founded the National Socialist Aryan Nations and would become the \"spiritual godfather\" to the white separatist movement, in which he was a leading figure. He has been described as a \"notorious racist\"."
tagline: "American white supremacist leader (1918–2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Girnt_Butler_at_the_Aryan_Nations%2C_1984_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1918-02-23"
deathDate: "2004-09-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.79
  momentum:             1.902604756511891
  historical:           8.683525333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Butler"
    title: "Richard Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "ريتشارد باتلر (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%91%D1%8A%D1%82%D0%BB%D1%8A%D1%80"
    title: "Ричард Бътлър"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Girnt_Butler"
    title: "Richard Girnt Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Girnt_Butler"
    title: "Richard Girnt Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Girnt_Butler"
    title: "Richard Girnt Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_G._Butler"
    title: "Richard G. Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Girnt_Butler"
    title: "Richard Girnt Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Butler"
    title: "Richard Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Girnt_Butler"
    title: "Richard Girnt Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3621850"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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