# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-edgar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:32:42.252Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-edgar"
name: "Jim Edgar"
slug: "jim-edgar"
description: "James Robert Edgar was an American politician who served as the 38th governor of Illinois from 1991 to 1999. A moderate Republican, he previously served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1977 to 1979 and as the 35th secretary of state of Illinois from 1981 to 1991."
tagline: "American politician (1946–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Secretary_of_State_Jim_Edgar_1989.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-07-22"
deathDate: "2025-09-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.92
  momentum:             1.370273305877948
  historical:           11.909332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jim Edgar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iacobus_Edgar"
    title: "Iacobus Edgar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "جيم إدغار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيم ادجار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیم ادقار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Edgar"
    title: "Jim Edgar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Edgar"
    title: "Jim Edgar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "جیم ادگار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Edgar"
    title: "Jim Edgar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%93%D7%92%D7%A8"
    title: "ג'ים אדגר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC"
    title: "Эдгар, Джим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Edgar"
    title: "Jim Edgar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Edgar"
    title: "Jim Edgar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%95%D0%B4%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Джим Едгар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q734643"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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