# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/la-shawn-k-ford
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:18:38.169Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/la-shawn-k-ford"
name: "La Shawn K. Ford"
slug: "la-shawn-k-ford"
description: "La Shawn K. Ford is an American politician who is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 8th district since 2007. The district includes the West Side of Chicago and the suburbs of Oak Park, Berwyn, North Riverside, Forest Park, Proviso Township, Brookfield, La Grange Park, La Grange, and Western Springs."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/La_Shawn_K._Ford_on_11_December_2023_-_8_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1975"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.18
  momentum:             4.736842105263158
  historical:           4.441904
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "لا شون فورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "لا شون فورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "لا شاون فورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Shawn_Ford"
    title: "La Shawn Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Shawn_K._Ford"
    title: "La Shawn K. Ford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6465272"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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