# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wally-hickel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:44:09.256Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wally-hickel"
name: "Wally Hickel"
slug: "wally-hickel"
description: "Walter Joseph Hickel was an American businessman, real estate developer, and politician who served as the second governor of Alaska from 1966 to 1969 and 1990 to 1994, as well as U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1969 to 1970. He worked as a construction worker and eventually became a construction company operator during Alaska's territorial days. Following World War II, Hickel became heavily involved with real estate development, building residential subdivisions, shopping centers and hotels. Hickel entered politics in the 1950s during Alaska's battle for statehood and remained politically active for the rest of his life."
tagline: "Governor of Alaska, United States Secretary of the Interior (1919-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hickel.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1919-08-18"
deathDate: "2010-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.481432
  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump