# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-ryan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:40:15.034Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-ryan"
name: "Jim Ryan"
slug: "jim-ryan"
description: "James E. Ryan was an American lawyer and politician who served two four-year terms as Illinois Attorney General. A Republican, he received his party's nomination and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Illinois against Rod Blagojevich in 2002."
tagline: "American lawyer (1946–2022)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1946-02-21"
deathDate: "2022-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.959217333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ryan_(bolitan)"
    title: "Jim Ryan (bolitan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A)"
    title: "جيم ريان (محامي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89)"
    title: "جيم ريان (محامى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "جیم ریان (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ryan_(politician)"
    title: "Jim Ryan (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ryan"
    title: "Jim Ryan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ryan_(politician)"
    title: "Jim Ryan (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3178937"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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