# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-ravitch
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:55:00.327Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-ravitch"
name: "Richard Ravitch"
slug: "richard-ravitch"
description: "Richard Ravitch was an American politician and businessman who served as the lieutenant governor of New York from 2009 to 2010. He was appointed to the position in July 2009 by New York Governor David Paterson. A native of New York City, he graduated from Yale Law School and he worked in his family's real estate development business, a number of government and government-appointed positions, including with the New York State Urban Development Corporation and Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and in private industry, including tenures as chairman of the Bowery Savings Bank and as the chief owner representative in labor negotiations for Major League Baseball."
tagline: "American politician (1933–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ravitch_crop.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1933-07-07"
deathDate: "2023-06-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.35
  momentum:             13.59428877934152
  historical:           5.099138666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ravitch"
    title: "Richard Ravitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "ريتشارد راڤيتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%86"
    title: "ریچارد راویچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ravitch"
    title: "Richard Ravitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ravitch"
    title: "Richard Ravitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ravitch"
    title: "Richard Ravitch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7328603"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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