# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/smedley-butler
# Generated: 2026-09-01T06:41:57.894Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/smedley-butler"
name: "Smedley Butler"
slug: "smedley-butler"
description: "Major General Smedley Darlington Butler was a United States Marine Corps officer. During his 34-year military career, he fought in the Philippine–American War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Mexican Revolution, World War I, and the Banana Wars. At the time of his death, Butler was the most decorated Marine in U.S. military history. By the end of his career, Butler had received sixteen medals, including five for heroism; he was awarded the Marine Corps Brevet Medal as well as two Medals of Honor, both for separate actions."
tagline: "United States Marine Corps general, two time Medal of Honor recipient, activist, lecturer, official, and writer (1881-1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SmedleyButler.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1881-07-30"
deathDate: "1940-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 62
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump