# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/t-k-whitaker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:51:30.794Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/t-k-whitaker"
name: "T. K. Whitaker"
slug: "t-k-whitaker"
description: "Thomas Kenneth Whitaker was an Irish economist, politician, diplomat and civil servant who served as Secretary of Ireland's Department of Finance from 1956 to 1969, as Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland from 1969 to 1976 and as a Senator from 1977 to 1982, after being nominated by the Taoiseach. He is considered one of the most influential civil servants in the history of the Irish State, with his economic policies greatly influencing the development of modern Ireland."
tagline: "Irish economist and politician (1916-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Drogheda_Scholars_Townhouse_Hotel_Thomas_Kenneth_Whitaker_Monument_by_Yoram_Drori_(Crop)_2022_08_25.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1916-12-08"
deathDate: "2017-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.72
  momentum:             5.206611570247936
  historical:           5.289598666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._K._Whitaker"
    title: "T. K. Whitaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%89._%D9%83%D9%89._%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "تى. كى. وايتاكير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Kenneth_Whitaker"
    title: "Thomas Kenneth Whitaker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C2%B7K%C2%B7%E6%83%A0%E7%89%B9%E7%A7%91%E5%B0%94"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._K._Whitaker"
    title: "T. K. Whitaker"
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    title: "ٹی کے وائٹیکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7668453"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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