# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andre-laurendeau
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:47:33.089Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andre-laurendeau"
name: "André Laurendeau"
slug: "andre-laurendeau"
description: "Joseph-Edmond-André Laurendeau was a journalist, politician, co-chair of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, and playwright in Quebec, Canada. He is usually referred to as André Laurendeau. He was active in Québécois life, in various spheres and capacities, for three decades. Laurendeau's career also \"spanned the most turbulent periods in the history of Canada\"."
tagline: "Canadian politician (1912–1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andr%C3%A9_Laurendeau.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1912-03-21"
deathDate: "1968-06-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.81584
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491168/"
    handle:    "nm0491168"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "اندريه لاوريندايو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Laurendeau"
    title: "André Laurendeau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Laurendeau"
    title: "André Laurendeau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Laurendeau"
    title: "André Laurendeau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Laurendeau"
    title: "André Laurendeau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2848105"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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