# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jenny-durkan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:27:03.490Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jenny-durkan"
name: "Jenny Durkan"
slug: "jenny-durkan"
description: "Jenny Anne Durkan is an American attorney, former federal prosecutor, and politician who served as the 56th mayor of Seattle, Washington. She is the daughter of Martin Durkan. Durkan is a member of the Democratic Party. After earning her Juris Doctor from University of Washington School of Law in 1985, Durkan began practicing law as a criminal defense lawyer and civil litigator. In October 2009, President Barack Obama appointed her United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington. She held that position until September 2014."
tagline: "American lawyer, mayor of Seattle"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mayor_Jenny_A._Durkan_Headshot.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1958-05-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.53
  momentum:             10.49603174603175
  historical:           9.29522
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 234
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MayorJenny"
    handle:    "MayorJenny"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jennydurkan/"
    handle:    "jennydurkan"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MayorJennyDurkan"
    handle:    "MayorJennyDurkan"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C_%DA%88%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%86"
    title: "جینی ڈرکن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "چينى دوركان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جنی دورکان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Durkanov%C3%A1"
    title: "Jenny Durkanová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Durkan"
    title: "Jenny Durkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Durkan"
    title: "Jenny Durkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%9F"
    title: "ג'ני דורקן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Durkan"
    title: "Jenny Durkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Durkan"
    title: "Jenny Durkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%91%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Дёркан, Дженни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Durkan"
    title: "Jenny Durkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6179244"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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