# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-mchangama
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:11:50.555Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-mchangama"
name: "Jacob Mchangama"
slug: "jacob-mchangama"
description: "Jacob Jomo Danstrøm Mchangama is a Danish lawyer, human-rights advocate, global expert on free speech, and social commentator. He is the founder and director of Justitia, a Copenhagen-based think tank focusing on human rights, freedom of speech, and the rule of law. For six years, he served as chief legal counsel at CEPOS."
tagline: "Lawyer, human-rights advocate"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/NMD_Aarebrotsamtalen_Thor_Br%C3%B8dreskift_7_(52891626789).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1978-02-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.98
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.282686666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jmchangama"
    handle:    "jmchangama"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jmchangama/"
    handle:    "jmchangama"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/jmchangama"
    handle:    "jmchangama"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-mchangama-a0b730/"
    handle:    "jacob-mchangama-a0b730"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6128536/"
    handle:    "nm6128536"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Mchangama"
    title: "Jacob Mchangama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "چاكوب متشانجاما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Mchangama"
    title: "Jacob Mchangama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "جاکوب مکانگاما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Mchangama"
    title: "Jacob Mchangama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12318873"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4951300"
    title: "Jacob Mchangama"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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