# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-riley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:34:56.731Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-riley"
name: "Richard Riley"
slug: "richard-riley"
description: "Richard Wilson Riley is an American politician who served as the sixth United States secretary of education from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton and as the 111th governor of South Carolina from 1979 to 1987. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Riley is the only Democrat to serve two consecutive terms as governor in the time since the state constitution was amended to allow governors to serve consecutive terms."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Riley_Official_Department_of_Education_Photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1933-01-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.292461398728428
  historical:           13.63870533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "رچرڈ ریلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ریچارد رایلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Riley"
    title: "Richard Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Riley"
    title: "Richard Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Riley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Райли, Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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