# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-benishek
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:51:29.970Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-benishek"
name: "Dan Benishek"
slug: "dan-benishek"
description: "Daniel Joseph Benishek was an American physician and politician who served three terms as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2017. He was a member of the Republican Party."
tagline: "American politician (1952–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan_Benishek%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: "1952-04-20"
deathDate: "2021-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             17.61992619926199
  historical:           9.624624
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/CongressmanDan"
    handle:    "CongressmanDan"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/CongressmanDan"
    handle:    "CongressmanDan"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://benishek.house.gov"
sources:
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    title: "丹·貝尼什克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دان بينيشيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دن بنیشک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek"
    title: "Dan Benishek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek"
    title: "Dan Benishek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B4%DA%A9"
    title: "دن بنیشک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek"
    title: "Dan Benishek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A7"
    title: "דן בנישק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek"
    title: "Dan Benishek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek"
    title: "Dan Benishek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek"
    title: "Dan Benishek"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1158992"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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