# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/virgil-earp
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:04:18.807Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/virgil-earp"
name: "Virgil Earp"
slug: "virgil-earp"
description: "Virgil Walter Earp was an American lawman. He was both deputy U.S. marshal and the city marshal of Tombstone, in the Arizona Territory when he led his younger brothers Wyatt and Morgan, and Doc Holliday, in a confrontation with outlaw Cowboys at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881. They killed brothers Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton. All three Earp brothers had been the target of repeated death threats made by the Cowboys who were upset by the Earps' interference in their illegal activities. All four lawmen were charged with murder by Ike Clanton, who had run from the gunfight. During a month-long preliminary hearing, Judge Wells Spicer exonerated the men, concluding their actions were legally justified."
tagline: "Deputy US marshal and soldier (1843–1905)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VirgilEarp.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1843-07-18"
deathDate: "1905-10-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.77
  momentum:             4.06779661016949
  historical:           12.513772
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/ch0034596/"
    handle:    "ch0034596"
sources:
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    title: "Virgil Earp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8"
    title: "فيرجيل إيرب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Earp"
    title: "Virgil Earp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Earp"
    title: "Virgil Earp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Earp"
    title: "Virgil Earp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Earp"
    title: "Virgil Earp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Earp"
    title: "Virgil Earp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Earp"
    title: "Virgil Earp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Earp"
    title: "Virgil Earp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Earp"
    title: "Virgil Earp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Earp"
    title: "Virgil Earp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Earp"
    title: "Virgil Earp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Earp"
    title: "Virgil Earp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%9F%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%95%D1%80%D0%BF"
    title: "Вирџил Ерп"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q931824"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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