# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-w-leigh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:24:42.516Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-w-leigh"
name: "Benjamin W. Leigh"
slug: "benjamin-w-leigh"
description: "Benjamin Watkins Leigh was an American lawyer and politician from Richmond, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and represented Virginia in the United States Senate."
tagline: "American politician (1781-1849)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_Leigh.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1781-06-18"
deathDate: "1849-02-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.01
  momentum:             18.33333333333333
  historical:           7.206624
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Benjamin W. Leigh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بنجامین دبلیو. لی"
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    title: "בנג'מין ווטקינס לי"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump