# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/torbert-macdonald
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:35:11.863Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/torbert-macdonald"
name: "Torbert Macdonald"
slug: "torbert-macdonald"
description: "Torbert Hart Macdonald was an American Democratic politician from Massachusetts. He represented the northern suburbs of Boston, including his home town of Malden, in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1955 until his death in 1976. Macdonald was a close political and personal ally of President John F. Kennedy, his former roommate at Harvard College."
tagline: "Recipient of the Purple Heart medal (1917–1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Torbert_Macdonald.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1917-06-06"
deathDate: "1976-05-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.491758666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Torbert Macdonald"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Torbert Macdonald"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torbert_Macdonald"
    title: "Torbert Macdonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%86%A0%EB%B2%84%ED%8A%B8_%EB%A7%A5%EB%8F%84%EB%84%90%EB%93%9C"
    title: "토버트 맥도널드"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2443745"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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