# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-k-skinner
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:23:25.033Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-k-skinner"
name: "Samuel K. Skinner"
slug: "samuel-k-skinner"
description: "Samuel Knox Skinner is an American politician, lawyer, and businessman. Skinner served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. Prior to the Bush administration, Skinner served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois under President Gerald R. Ford from 1975 to 1977, succeeding James R. Thompson."
tagline: "White House chief of staff"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel_K._Skinner_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "academic"
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birthDate: "1938-06-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           9.919298666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "سیموئیل کے اسکنر"
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    title: "Samuel K. Skinner"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump