# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-mayo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:02:56.751Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-mayo"
name: "Richard Mayo"
slug: "richard-mayo"
description: "Richard Walden Mayo was an American Army general and athlete. He was an officer in the United States Army from 1926 to 1956, saw combat in World War II and the Korean War, and was commander of the 17th Field Artillery Group, the 5th Field Artillery Group, and Fort Stewart. He retired with the rank of brigadier general. While in the Army he competed in modern pentathlon at the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal in 1932. After retiring from the Army, Mayo was a city manager in three municipalities and a community leader in Boca Raton, Florida."
tagline: "U.S. Army general, athlete, and city manager (1902-1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_W_Mayo_1932cr.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1902-06-12"
deathDate: "1996-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.87
  momentum:             1.688311688311688
  historical:           10.93657333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Richard Mayo (femkampare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "ريتشارد دبليو. مايو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ريتشارد دبليو. مايو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Mayo"
    title: "Richard Mayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Mayo"
    title: "Richard Mayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Mayo"
    title: "Richard Mayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_W._Mayo"
    title: "Richard W. Mayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88"
    title: "ریچارد دبلیو مایو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Mayo"
    title: "Richard Mayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Mayo"
    title: "Richard Mayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Mayo"
    title: "Richard Mayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Mayo"
    title: "Richard Mayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Mayo"
    title: "Richard Mayo"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3934842"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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