# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-brittan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:42:57.501Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-brittan"
name: "Leon Brittan"
slug: "leon-brittan"
description: "Leon Brittan, Baron Brittan of Spennithorne, was a British Conservative politician and barrister who served as a European Commissioner from 1989 to 1999. As a member of Parliament from 1974 to 1988, he served several ministerial roles in Margaret Thatcher's government, including Home Secretary from 1983 to 1985."
tagline: "British politician and barrister (1939–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leon_Brittan_(1996)_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1939-09-25"
deathDate: "2015-01-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump