# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/berkley-bedell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:23:55.960Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/berkley-bedell"
name: "Berkley Bedell"
slug: "berkley-bedell"
description: "Berkley Warren Bedell was an American Democratic Party politician and businessman who served as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 6th congressional district from 1975 to 1987. After starting a successful business in his youth, Berkley Fly Co., he ran for Congress in 1972, but was defeated by incumbent Wiley Mayne. In 1974 however, Bedell beat Mayne and was elected to the U.S. House."
tagline: "American politician (1921-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Berkley_Bedell.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1921-03-05"
deathDate: "2019-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.85
  momentum:             1.561461794019933
  historical:           8.545861333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Berkley Bedell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "برکلی بدل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Berkley Bedell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkley_Bedell"
    title: "Berkley Bedell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "برکلی بدل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkley_Bedell"
    title: "Berkley Bedell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkley_Bedell"
    title: "Berkley Bedell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkley_Bedell"
    title: "Berkley Bedell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Беделл, Беркли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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