# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-dean
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:25:56.594Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-dean"
name: "Karl Dean"
slug: "karl-dean"
description: "Karl Foster Dean is an American politician who served as the 6th Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Nashville's Director of Law under Mayor Bill Purcell from 1999 to 2007. In 1990, 1994 and 1998, he was elected the city's public defender. Dean, an attorney by occupation, is currently an adjunct professor of law at Vanderbilt University Law School."
tagline: "American mayor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl_Dean_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1955-09-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.495610666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 95
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/KarlFDean"
    handle:    "KarlFDean"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/karl.dean.33"
    handle:    "karl.dean.33"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIKVufzaMMarZmjO6eTWo9g"
    handle:    "@karldeanforgovernor5001"
    followers: 95
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Dean"
    title: "Karl Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "كارل دين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "کارل دین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Dean"
    title: "Karl Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Dean"
    title: "Karl Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Dean"
    title: "Karl Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3193379"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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