# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-foster
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:54:01.772Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-foster"
name: "Bill Foster"
slug: "bill-foster"
description: "George William Foster is an American businessman, physicist, and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 11th congressional district since 2013. He was the U.S. representative for Illinois's 14th congressional district from 2008 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party."
tagline: "Politician, physicist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billfoster2013-S.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1955-10-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.110918544194107
  historical:           13.15864666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 465
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
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    handle:    "RepBillFoster"
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    handle:    "repbillfoster"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
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    handle:    "CongressmanBillFoster"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
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    followers: 465
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    title: "بيل فوستر (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیل فاستر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill W. Foster"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump