# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-marcinko
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:56:06.208Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-marcinko"
name: "Richard Marcinko"
slug: "richard-marcinko"
description: "Richard Marcinko was a U.S. Navy SEAL commander, Vietnam War veteran, and convicted fraudster. He was the first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six. After retiring from the United States Navy, he became an author, radio talk show host, military consultant, and motivational speaker."
tagline: "Navy SEAL, Author (1940–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Marcinko_LCDR_US_Navy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1940-11-21"
deathDate: "2021-12-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.01
  momentum:             8.279902719434004
  historical:           15.95961066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.dickmarcinko.com/Default.aspx"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Marcinko"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Марсинко, Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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