# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-shimkus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:46:32.709Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-shimkus"
name: "John Shimkus"
slug: "john-shimkus"
description: "John Mondy Shimkus is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from 1997 to 2021, representing the 20th, 19th and 15th congressional districts of Illinois."
tagline: "American politician; U.S. Representative from Illinois"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Shimkus_official_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1958-02-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.729729729729731
  historical:           10.30327866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 212
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RepShimkus"
    handle:    "RepShimkus"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/repshimkus"
    handle:    "repshimkus"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://shimkus.house.gov/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVXSvuk-csQRKBI0oPzcEnw"
    handle:    "@repshimkus"
    followers: 212
sources:
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    title: "約翰·希姆庫斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون شيمكوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "جان شیمکوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shimkus"
    title: "John Shimkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shimkus"
    title: "John Shimkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shimkus"
    title: "John Shimkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "جان شیمکوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shimkus"
    title: "John Shimkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shimkus"
    title: "John Shimkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shimkus"
    title: "John Shimkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shimkus"
    title: "John Shimkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shimkus"
    title: "John Shimkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1701747"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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