# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-r-thompson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:30:53.670Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-r-thompson"
name: "James R. Thompson"
slug: "james-r-thompson"
description: "James Robert Thompson Jr. was an American politician and federal prosecutor who served as the 37th governor of Illinois from 1977 to 1991. He was Illinois's longest-serving governor, serving four consecutive terms over fourteen years."
tagline: "American politician in Illinois (1936-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bio_thompson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1936-05-08"
deathDate: "2020-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.05
  momentum:             0.9597989949748744
  historical:           11.678516
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James R. Thompson"
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    title: "Jim Thompson (Illinois politician)"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Thompson"
    title: "James R. Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James R. Thompson"
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    title: "ג'יימס תומפסון (מושל אילינוי)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Томпсон, Джеймс Роберт"
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    title: "James R. Thompson"
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    title: "James R. Thompson"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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