# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walt-whitman-rostow
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:10:03.680Z

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name: "Walt Whitman Rostow"
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description: "Walt Whitman Rostow was an American economist, professor and political theorist who served as national security advisor to president of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1969."
tagline: "American economist, political theorist and government official (1916–2003)"
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birthDate: "1916-10-07"
deathDate: "2003-02-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump