# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-mccoy-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:39:04.470Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-mccoy-jr"
name: "Richard McCoy, Jr."
slug: "richard-mccoy-jr"
description: "Richard Floyd McCoy Jr. was an American aircraft hijacker. McCoy hijacked a United Airlines passenger jet for ransom in April 1972. Due to a similar modus operandi, McCoy has been proposed as the person responsible for the November 1971 hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, attributed to the still-unidentified \"D. B. Cooper\"."
tagline: "American aircraft hijacker (1942–1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_McCoy%2C_Jr..jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1942-12-07"
deathDate: "1974-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.16
  momentum:             4.71391972672929
  historical:           5.647566666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_McCoy_Jr."
    title: "Richard McCoy Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "ريتشارد مكوي جونيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%88%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "ريتشارد مكوى جونيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%B3%E3%82%A4"
    title: "リチャード・マッコイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_McCoy"
    title: "Richard McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_McCoy"
    title: "Richard McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7327734"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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