# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-sheares
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:19:46.850Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-sheares"
name: "Benjamin Sheares"
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description: "Benjamin Henry Sheares was a Singaporean obstetrician, gynaecologist, and academic who served as the second president of Singapore between 1971 until his death in 1981."
tagline: "2nd President of Singapore (1907–1981)"
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birthDate: "1907-08-12"
deathDate: "1981-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump