# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-leach
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:25:27.226Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-leach"
name: "Jim Leach"
slug: "jim-leach"
description: "James Albert Smith Leach was an American academic and politician. He served as ninth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2009 to 2013 and was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa (1977–2007)."
tagline: "American politician (1942-2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Leach2_Cropped.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-10-15"
deathDate: "2024-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.87
  momentum:             0.7454128440366973
  historical:           9.433732000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2922457/"
    handle:    "nm2922457"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E5%A7%86%C2%B7%E5%88%A9%E5%A5%87"
    title: "吉姆·利奇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "جيم ليتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "جيم ليتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%86"
    title: "جیم لیچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Leach"
    title: "Jim Leach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Leach"
    title: "Jim Leach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Leach"
    title: "Jim Leach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%87%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC"
    title: "Лич, Джим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Leach"
    title: "Jim Leach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Leach"
    title: "Jim Leach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Leach"
    title: "Jim Leach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1689138"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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