# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erik-nielsen
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:26:56.578Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erik-nielsen"
name: "Erik Nielsen"
slug: "erik-nielsen"
description: "Erik Hersholt Nielsen was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the longtime Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Yukon, and was Leader of the Opposition and the third deputy prime minister of Canada. He was the elder brother of actor Leslie Nielsen."
tagline: "Canadian politician (1924-2008)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Erik_Nielsen.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1924-02-24"
deathDate: "2008-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.57
  momentum:             3.123441396508728
  historical:           7.02734
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Nielsen"
    title: "Erik Nielsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "إريك نيلسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "اريك نيلسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Nielsen_(canadisk_politiker)"
    title: "Erik Nielsen (canadisk politiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Nielsen"
    title: "Erik Nielsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Nielsen"
    title: "Erik Nielsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Nielsen"
    title: "Erik Nielsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Nielsen"
    title: "Erik Nielsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929579"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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