# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilton-persons
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:22:43.369Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilton-persons"
name: "Wilton Persons"
slug: "wilton-persons"
description: "Wilton Burton \"Jerry\" Persons was an American military officer who served as the White House Chief of Staff to President Dwight D. Eisenhower from October 7, 1958, until January 20, 1961."
tagline: "United States Army general and White House Chief of Staff (1896-1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilton_Persons_taking_the_oath_of_office-cropped.xcf?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1896-01-19"
deathDate: "1977-09-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Персонс, Уилтон"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump