# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:53:11.904Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-nelson"
name: "Ben Nelson"
slug: "ben-nelson"
description: "Earl Benjamin Nelson is an American politician, attorney, and businessman who served as a United States senator from Nebraska from 2001 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 37th governor of Nebraska from 1991 to 1999. As of 2026, he is the last Democrat to have won or held statewide office in Nebraska."
tagline: "37th Governor of Nebraska"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Nelson_official_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1941-05-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.400696864111499
  historical:           18.31311733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump