# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/colin-eglin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:00:33.052Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/colin-eglin"
name: "Colin Eglin"
slug: "colin-eglin"
description: "Colin Wells Eglin was a South African politician best known for having served as national leader of the opposition from 1977–1979 and 1986–87. He represented Sea Point in the South African Parliament from 1958–1961 and from 1974–2004. Described by Nelson Mandela as \"one of the architects of [South Africa's] democracy\", Eglin played a leading role in the drafting of the country's post-apartheid constitution."
tagline: "South African politician (1925–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Colin_Eglin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1925-04-14"
deathDate: "2013-11-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.490534666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Eglin"
    title: "Colin Eglin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Eglin"
    title: "Colin Eglin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Eglin"
    title: "Colin Eglin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Eglin"
    title: "Colin Eglin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Eglin"
    title: "Colin Eglin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Eglin"
    title: "Colin Eglin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2982594"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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