# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-washington
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:25:25.828Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-washington"
name: "Walter Washington"
slug: "walter-washington"
description: "Walter Edward Washington was an American civil servant and politician. After a career in public housing, Washington was the chief executive of the District of Columbia from 1967 to 1979, serving as the first and only Mayor-Commissioner of the District of Columbia from 1967 to 1974, and as the first Mayor of the District of Columbia from 1975 to 1979."
tagline: "American politician and former mayor of the District of Columbia (1915–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walterwashington.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1915-04-15"
deathDate: "2003-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.94
  momentum:             3.275030156815442
  historical:           11.21256933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Walter Washington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Washington"
    title: "Walter Washington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Washington"
    title: "Walter Washington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Washington"
    title: "Walter Washington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Washington_(politico)"
    title: "Walter Washington (politico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "월터 워싱턴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Walter Washington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Walter Washington"
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    title: "Вашингтон, Уолтер"
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    title: "Walter Washington"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump