# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laurence-silberman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:05:25.522Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laurence-silberman"
name: "Laurence Silberman"
slug: "laurence-silberman"
description: "Laurence Hirsch Silberman was an American jurist and diplomat who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1985 until his death. He was appointed in October 1985 by President Ronald Reagan and took senior status on November 1, 2000. On June 11, 2008, President George W. Bush awarded Silberman the Presidential Medal of Freedom."
tagline: "American judge (1935–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laurence_Silberman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Public Official"
  slug: "public-official"
birthDate: "1935-10-12"
deathDate: "2022-10-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.91
  momentum:             2.188841201716738
  historical:           4.639888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "لاورينس سيلبيرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_H._Silberman"
    title: "Laurence H. Silberman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Silberman"
    title: "Laurence Silberman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Silberman"
    title: "Laurence Silberman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Silberman"
    title: "Laurence Silberman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1807991"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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