# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/linda-dessau
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:08:54.379Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/linda-dessau"
name: "Linda Dessau"
slug: "linda-dessau"
description: "Linda Marion Dessau is an Australian jurist and barrister who served as the 29th governor of Victoria from 2015 to 2023. She was the first female and the first Jewish holder of the office. She was previously a judge of the Family Court of Australia from 1995 to 2013."
tagline: "Australian judge and Governor of Victoria"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Linda_Dessau.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1953-05-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.63
  momentum:             1.094224924012158
  historical:           6.159613333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Linda Dessau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Dessau"
    title: "Linda Dessau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Dessau"
    title: "Linda Dessau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Dessau"
    title: "Linda Dessau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%A1_%D4%B4%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B8%D6%82"
    title: "Լինդա Դեսսաու"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Dessau"
    title: "Linda Dessau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%83%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0"
    title: "Дессау, Линда"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6551523"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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