# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-overton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:18:28.701Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-overton"
name: "Richard Overton"
slug: "richard-overton"
description: "Richard Arvin Overton was an American supercentenarian who at the age of 112 years, 230 days was the oldest verified surviving U.S. World War II veteran and oldest man in the United States. He served in the United States Army. In 2013, he was honored by President Barack Obama. He resided in Austin, Texas, from 1945 until his death in 2018."
tagline: "American centenarian and oldest verified living World War II veteran"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Overton_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
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  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1906-05-11"
deathDate: "2018-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://richard-overton.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump