# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-franks
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:11:50.138Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-franks"
name: "Gary Franks"
slug: "gary-franks"
description: "Gary Alvin Franks is an American politician who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut for six years, from 1991 until 1997. He is the first African-American elected to the U.S. Congress from Connecticut, the first modern black conservative elected to the House of Representatives, and the first black Republican elected since Oscar De Priest's re-election in 1932. Franks ran for the United States Senate in 1998, losing to incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Dodd in a landslide. He currently hosts a podcast called We Speak Frankly, with his son Gary. He also writes for the Boston Herald."
tagline: "American politician (born 1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gary_A._Franks.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953-02-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.888878666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Gary Franks"
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    title: "غاري فرانكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "قاری فرانکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Franks"
    title: "Gary Franks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Franks"
    title: "Gary Franks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Franks"
    title: "Gary Franks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gary Franks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gary Franks"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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