# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harold-washington
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:22:39.718Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harold-washington"
name: "Harold Washington"
slug: "harold-washington"
description: "Harold Lee Washington was an American politician and lawyer who was the 51st mayor of Chicago from 1983 until his death in 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first Black person to hold the office."
tagline: "American politician, former Mayor of the city of Chicago (1922—1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harold_Washington_(9519692588).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1922-04-15"
deathDate: "1987-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.286810886252616
  historical:           11.830148
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump