# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shirley-povich
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:59:29.681Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shirley-povich"
name: "Shirley Povich"
slug: "shirley-povich"
description: "Shirley Lewis Povich was an American sportswriter and columnist who spent his entire 1923–1988 career with The Washington Post. Known for his sports coverage, Povich also served as a World War II war correspondent."
tagline: "American journalist (1905-1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shirley_Povich_1955.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1905-07-15"
deathDate: "1998-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.06
  momentum:             15
  historical:           2.535684
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  46
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Povich"
    title: "Shirley Povich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Povich"
    title: "Shirley Povich"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3482361"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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