# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-roberts
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:50:37.225Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-roberts"
name: "Barbara Roberts"
slug: "barbara-roberts"
description: "Barbara Kay Roberts is an American politician from the state of Oregon. A native of the state, she served as the 34th governor of Oregon from 1991 to 1995. She was the first woman elected to serve as Oregon governor, and the only woman elected to that office until 2016. A Democrat, Roberts was also the first woman to serve as majority leader in the Oregon House of Representatives. She also won two terms as Oregon Secretary of State, and served in local and county government in Portland. Roberts was married to Oregon state Sen. Frank L. Roberts from 1974 until his death in 1993. From February 2011 until January 2013, she served on the council of Metro, the regional government in the Portland metropolitan area."
tagline: "1936- American politician (1985-1991 Oregon Secretary of State, member of the Oregon House of Representatives, 1991-1995 Governor of Oregon)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Governor_Barbara_Roberts.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1936-12-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.19
  momentum:             6.399545683997978
  historical:           12.58448933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "باربرا روبرتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Barbara Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Roberts"
    title: "Barbara Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Roberts"
    title: "Barbara Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Roberts"
    title: "Barbara Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%A1"
    title: "ברברה רוברטס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Barbara Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Робертс, Барбара"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Barbara Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Barbara Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Roberts"
    title: "Barbara Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%B9%D8%B3"
    title: "باربرا رابرٹس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Barbara Roberts"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barbara_Roberts"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q528230"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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