# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vernon-jordan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:20:05.765Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vernon-jordan"
name: "Vernon Jordan"
slug: "vernon-jordan"
description: "Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr. was an American business executive and civil rights attorney who worked for various civil rights movement organizations before becoming a close advisor to President Bill Clinton. He survived a nearly fatal assassination attempt in 1980 at the hands of a white supremacist."
tagline: "American lawyer and civil rights activist (1935–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vernon_Jordan%2C_Pres.%2C_National_Urban_League%2C_civil_rights_activist_and_lawyer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1935-08-15"
deathDate: "2021-03-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.58
  momentum:             0.01321752265861027
  historical:           6.124241333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ea7536d7-bce6-478a-86ce-9f1861ccd8ef"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "فيرنون جوردن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "فيرنون جوردن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Jordan"
    title: "Vernon Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Jordan"
    title: "Vernon Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Jordan"
    title: "Vernon Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Jordan"
    title: "Vernon Jordan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3555993"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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