# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lane-evans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:23:28.594Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lane-evans"
name: "Lane Evans"
slug: "lane-evans"
description: "Lane Allen Evans was an American attorney and politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007, representing the 17th district of Illinois. Evans announced that he would not seek reelection in November 2006 and retired at the end of the 109th Congress, due to the increasingly debilitating effects of Parkinson's disease."
tagline: "American congressman, attorney, Marine (1951-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lane_Evans.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1951-08-04"
deathDate: "2014-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.214112
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_Allen_Evans"
    title: "Lane Allen Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "لان إيفانز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "لان ايفانز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "لئین اوانز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_Evans"
    title: "Lane Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_Evans"
    title: "Lane Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_Evans"
    title: "Lane Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_Evans"
    title: "Lane Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_Evans"
    title: "Lane Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B8_%EC%97%90%EB%B2%88%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "레인 에번스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_Evans"
    title: "Lane Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q907764"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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