# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gaylord-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:28:51.575Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/gaylord-nelson"
name: "Gaylord Nelson"
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description: "Gaylord Anton Nelson was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and environmentalist from Wisconsin. He served three terms as a United States senator from Wisconsin, from 1963 to 1981, and was chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Small Business for the last six years of his tenure. During his time in the U.S. Senate, he was the creator of Earth Day, which launched a new wave of environmental activism. After losing his bid for re-election in 1980, he continued his environmental activism as counselor for The Wilderness Society, and was honored with a Presidential Medal of Freedom for his environmental efforts by President Bill Clinton."
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birthDate: "1916-06-04"
deathDate: "2005-07-03"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump