# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-w-thompson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:19:02.066Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-w-thompson"
name: "Richard W. Thompson"
slug: "richard-w-thompson"
description: "Richard Wigginton Thompson was the secretary of the Navy under President Rutherford B. Hayes."
tagline: "American politician (1809-1900)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RWThompson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1809-06-09"
deathDate: "1900-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.740821333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "リチャード・トンプソン (海軍長官)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ريتشارد دبليو تومسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ریچارد دبلیو. تومپسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_W._Thompson"
    title: "Richard W. Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_W._Thompson"
    title: "Richard W. Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_W._Thompson"
    title: "Richard W. Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_W._Thompson"
    title: "Richard W. Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A6'%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ריצ'רד תומפסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wigginton_Thompson"
    title: "Richard Wigginton Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372801"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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