# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-zschau
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:04:58.924Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-zschau"
name: "Ed Zschau"
slug: "ed-zschau"
description: "Edwin Van Wyck Zschau is an American educator who represented California's 12th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1987. In 1986 he ran as the Republican candidate for a seat in the United States Senate. He prevailed in a crowded Republican primary that included, among others, conservative commentator Bruce Herschensohn, Los Angeles County supervisor Michael D. Antonovich and Congresswoman Bobbi Fiedler, but then lost to incumbent Democrat Alan Cranston by a narrow margin."
tagline: "American management consultant and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ed_Zschau%2C_campaign_mailer%2C_1986_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1940-01-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.622788
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%B2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "اد زستشاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%B2%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "اد زشاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Zschau"
    title: "Ed Zschau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Zschau"
    title: "Ed Zschau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Zschau"
    title: "Ed Zschau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112534"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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