# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bobby-rush
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:23:31.184Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bobby-rush"
name: "Bobby Rush"
slug: "bobby-rush"
description: "Bobby Lee Rush is an American politician, activist, and pastor who served as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 2023. A civil rights activist during the 1960s, Rush co-founded the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bobby_Rush%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-11-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.47
  momentum:             1.177867489907385
  historical:           14.83611866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 179
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RepBobbyRush"
    handle:    "RepBobbyRush"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/congressmanbobbyrush"
    handle:    "congressmanbobbyrush"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://rush.house.gov"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbWqxBnS_w_uFTdQAL0YH5g"
    handle:    "@congressmanrush"
    followers: 179
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "بوبي راش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%89_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4"
    title: "بوبى راش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4"
    title: "بابی راش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_L._Rush"
    title: "Bobby L. Rush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Rush"
    title: "Bobby Rush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B4"
    title: "بابی راش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Rush"
    title: "Bobby Rush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Rush_(homme_politique)"
    title: "Bobby Rush (homme politique)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%95%D7%91%D7%99_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9"
    title: "בובי ראש"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Rush_(politico)"
    title: "Bobby Rush (politico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Rush"
    title: "Bobby Rush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Rush"
    title: "Bobby Rush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%88%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%B8"
    title: "Раш, Бобби"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Rush"
    title: "Bobby Rush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Rush"
    title: "Bobby Rush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D8%B4"
    title: "بوبی رش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Rush"
    title: "Bobby Rush"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q888599"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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