# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-ryan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:24:25.225Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-ryan"
name: "George Ryan"
slug: "george-ryan"
description: "George Homer Ryan was an American politician who served as the 39th governor of Illinois from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as Secretary of State of Illinois from 1991 to 1999 and as lieutenant governor from 1983 to 1991. He was later convicted of federal racketeering, bribery, extortion, money laundering, and tax fraud stemming from his time in office."
tagline: "American politician: Governor of Illinois"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Ryan_circa_1987_bb_39874_full_(3x4).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1934-02-24"
deathDate: "2025-05-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.09
  momentum:             0.6138170974155069
  historical:           15.22042266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1503379/"
    handle:    "nm1503379"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ryan"
    title: "George Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ryan"
    title: "George Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ryan_(homme_politique%2C_1934)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ג'ורג' ראיין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%A7%80_%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EC%96%B8"
    title: "조지 라이언"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Georgius Homerus Ryan"
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    title: "George H. Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Ryan"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887327"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3662295"
    title: "George Ryan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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