# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hans-christian-heg
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:50:37.425Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hans-christian-heg"
name: "Hans Christian Heg"
slug: "hans-christian-heg"
description: "Hans Christian Heg was a Norwegian American journalist, anti-slavery activist, politician, and soldier. He was best known for leading the 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment on the Union side in the American Civil War; he died of wounds he received at the Battle of Chickamauga. He previously held elected office as the 6th prison commissioner of Wisconsin (1860–1862)."
tagline: "Union United States Army officer and abolitionist (1829–1863)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Hans_Christian_Heg.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1829-12-21"
deathDate: "1863-09-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.29
  momentum:             13.23529411764706
  historical:           6.558461333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%B3%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Хег, Ханс Кристиан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Heg"
    title: "Hans Christian Heg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Heg"
    title: "Hans Christian Heg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Heg"
    title: "Hans Christian Heg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%82%B0"
    title: "ハンス・クリスチャン・ヘグ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Heg"
    title: "Hans Christian Heg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Heg"
    title: "Hans Christian Heg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5649885"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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