# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sherman-kent
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:43:25.314Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sherman-kent"
name: "Sherman Kent"
slug: "sherman-kent"
description: "Sherman Kent, was a Yale University history professor who, during World War II and through 17 years of Cold War-era service in the Central Intelligence Agency, pioneered many of the methods of intelligence analysis. He is often described as \"the father of intelligence analysis\"."
tagline: "American CIA historian (1903-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sherman_Kent.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1903-12-06"
deathDate: "1986-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.51
  momentum:             17.63157894736842
  historical:           4.835424
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "شيرمان كينت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "شيرمان كينت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Kent"
    title: "Sherman Kent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Kent"
    title: "Sherman Kent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Kent"
    title: "Sherman Kent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3481962"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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