# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-lyman-fisher
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:00:23.043Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-lyman-fisher"
name: "Joseph Lyman Fisher"
slug: "joseph-lyman-fisher"
description: "Joseph Lyman (Joe) Fisher was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia from 1975 to 1981 and a founder of Resources for the Future. A Democrat and lifelong Unitarian, Fisher was an active volunteer lay leader in the Unitarian Universalist Association, serving on the UUA's board of trustees and as moderator from 1964 until 1977."
tagline: "American politician (1914-1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_L._Fisher.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1914-01-11"
deathDate: "1992-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.339381333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Joseph L. Fisher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A5%D9%84._%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%B1"
    title: "جوزيف إل. فيشر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جوزيف ال. فيشر"
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    title: "جوزف ال. فیشر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_L._Fisher"
    title: "Joseph L. Fisher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_L._Fisher"
    title: "Joseph L. Fisher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lyman_Fisher"
    title: "Joseph Lyman Fisher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q556945"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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