# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vern-clark
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:10:35.495Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vern-clark"
name: "Vern Clark"
slug: "vern-clark"
description: "Vernon Eugene Clark is a retired admiral who served as the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) of the United States Navy. He retired on July 22, 2005, making his tenure of five years the second-longest serving CNO behind Arleigh Burke. He currently sits on the board of directors of Raytheon and SRI International. In November 2009, he was selected along with former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Togo West by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to lead the military investigation into the Fort Hood massacre."
tagline: "United States Navy admiral"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VernClark.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1944-09-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.09
  momentum:             4.268833087149188
  historical:           5.701442666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9"
    title: "ورنون کلارک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_E._Clark"
    title: "Vernon E. Clark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Clark"
    title: "Vern Clark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Clark"
    title: "Vern Clark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ヴァーン・クラーク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Clark"
    title: "Vern Clark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322655"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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