# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-weldon
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:32:15.902Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-weldon"
name: "Dave Weldon"
slug: "dave-weldon"
description: "David Joseph Weldon is an American physician and former politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 15th congressional district from 1995 to 2009. A practicing internal medicine doctor prior to entering public office, Weldon was active in Congress on issues related to space policy, veterans’ health, and biomedical research funding. He served on the House Appropriations Committee and was active in shaping NASA and Department of Defense priorities during his tenure, particularly related to the Kennedy Space Center and the broader Space Coast region."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Weldon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953-08-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.757705333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Dave Weldon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "داڤى ويلدون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "داو ولدون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Weldon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Weldon"
    title: "Dave Weldon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Weldon"
    title: "Dave Weldon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Weldon"
    title: "Dave Weldon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Weldon"
    title: "Dave Weldon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%B2"
    title: "Уэлдон, Дэйв"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Weldon"
    title: "Dave Weldon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672269"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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