# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-medill
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:50:53.794Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-medill"
name: "Joseph Medill"
slug: "joseph-medill"
description: "Joseph Medill was a Canadian-American newspaper editor, publisher, and Republican Party politician. He was co-owner and managing editor of the Chicago Tribune, and he was Mayor of Chicago from after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 until 1873."
tagline: "American newspaper editor, publisher, and politician (1823–1899)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Medill.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1823-04-06"
deathDate: "1899-03-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.829628
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Medill"
    title: "Joseph Medill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "چوزيف ميديل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "جوزف مدیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Medill"
    title: "Joseph Medill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Medill"
    title: "Joseph Medill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Medill"
    title: "Joseph Medill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Medill"
    title: "Joseph Medill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Медилл, Джозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295275"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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