# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arsenio-s-lacson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:05:22.731Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arsenio-s-lacson"
name: "Arsenio S. Lacson"
slug: "arsenio-s-lacson"
description: "Arsenio Hilario Sison Lacson Sr. was a Filipino lawyer, journalist and politician who gained widespread attention as the 17th Mayor of Manila and the first to be democratically elected. An active executive likened by Time and The New York Times to New York City's Fiorello La Guardia, he was the first Manila mayor to be reelected to three terms, remaining in office for over a decade from January 1952 to April 1962. Nicknamed \"Arsenic\" and described as \"a good man with a bad mouth\", Lacson's fiery temperament became a trademark of his political and broadcasting career. He died suddenly from a stroke amidst talk that he was planning to run in the 1965 presidential election."
tagline: "Filipino politician (1911-1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rep._Arsenio_S._Lacson_(2nd_Congress).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1911-12-26"
deathDate: "1962-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.18
  momentum:             7.792661619103088
  historical:           4.50998
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ارسينيو لاكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenio_Lacson"
    title: "Arsenio Lacson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenio_Lacson"
    title: "Arsenio Lacson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenio_Lacson"
    title: "Arsenio Lacson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Арсенио Лаксон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3492554"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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