# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/colgate-darden
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:38:29.686Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/colgate-darden"
name: "Colgate Darden"
slug: "colgate-darden"
description: "Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. was an American lawyer and Democratic politician aligned with the Byrd Organization who served as U.S. Representative from Virginia, the 54th Governor of Virginia (1942–46), Chancellor of the College of William and Mary (1946–47), and the third President of the University of Virginia (1947–59). The Darden Graduate School of Business Administration of the University of Virginia is named for him."
tagline: "American congressman and governor of Virginia (1897-1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colgate_W._Darden_(Virginia_Governor).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1897-02-11"
deathDate: "1981-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.883550666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Colgate Darden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كولغيت داردن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کولقات داردن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colgate_Darden"
    title: "Colgate Darden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colgate_Darden"
    title: "Colgate Darden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98_%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%9F"
    title: "קולגייט דרדן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colgate_Whitehead_Darden"
    title: "Colgate Whitehead Darden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colgate_Darden"
    title: "Colgate Darden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880393"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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