# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clair-engle
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:05:48.051Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clair-engle"
name: "Clair Engle"
slug: "clair-engle"
description: "Clair Engle was an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1959 until his death in 1964. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best remembered for participating in the vote breaking the filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the U.S. Senate while partially paralyzed and unable to speak, shortly before his death from a brain tumor. Engle previously served in the California State Senate from January to August 1943 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from August 1943 until January 1959."
tagline: "United States Senator from California (1959–1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Clair_Engle.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1911-09-21"
deathDate: "1964-07-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.772213333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Clair Engle"
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    title: "Clair Engle"
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    title: "کلیر انگل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "קלייר אנגל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Clair Engle"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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