# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/velma-barfield
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:35:13.264Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/velma-barfield"
name: "Velma Barfield"
slug: "velma-barfield"
description: "Margie Velma Barfield was an American serial killer who was convicted of one murder but was linked to seven murders in total. She became the first woman in the United States to be executed after the resumption of capital punishment in 1976, and the first since 1962. She was also the first woman to be executed by lethal injection."
tagline: "American serial killer (1932-1984)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Velma_Bullard_Barfield_%28criminal%29.png"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1932-10-29"
deathDate: "1984-11-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.48
  momentum:             13.54794742729741
  historical:           13.87981333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Velma Barfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فيلما بارفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Barfild"
    title: "Velma Barfild"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Margie_Barfield"
    title: "Velma Margie Barfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Barfield"
    title: "Velma Barfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Barfield"
    title: "Velma Barfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Barfield"
    title: "Velma Barfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Barfield"
    title: "Velma Barfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margie_Velma_Barfield"
    title: "Margie Velma Barfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%93"
    title: "ולמה בארפילד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ヴェルマ・バーフィールド"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velma_Barfield"
    title: "Velma Barfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Velma Barfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Барфилд, Вельма"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Velma Barfield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Велма Барфилд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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