# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/annie-besant
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:02:02.373Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/annie-besant"
name: "Annie Besant"
slug: "annie-besant"
description: "Annie Besant was an English socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and activist, educationist, involved in women's rights, Home Rule, and Indian nationalism. She gave support to both Irish and Indian self-rule. She had been the first female president of the Indian National Congress in 1917."
tagline: "British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933)"
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gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1847-10-01"
deathDate: "1933-09-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump