# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roscoe-henry-hillenkoetter
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:11:57.247Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roscoe-henry-hillenkoetter"
name: "Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter"
slug: "roscoe-henry-hillenkoetter"
description: "Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter was the third director of the post–World War II United States Central Intelligence Group (CIG), the third Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), and the first director of the Central Intelligence Agency created by the National Security Act of 1947. He served as DCI and director of the CIG and the CIA from May 1, 1947, to October 7, 1950, and, after his retirement from the United States Navy, was a member of the board of governors of National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) from 1957 to 1962."
tagline: "United States admiral (1897-1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roscoe_H._Hillenkoetter_(1957).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1897-05-08"
deathDate: "1982-06-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0.265670402656704
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump