# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-stokes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:40:57.008Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-stokes"
name: "Louis Stokes"
slug: "louis-stokes"
description: "Louis Stokes was an American attorney, civil rights pioneer and politician. He served 15 terms in the United States House of Representatives – representing the east side of Cleveland – and was the first African American congressman elected in the state of Ohio. He was one of the Cold War era chairmen of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, headed the Congressional Black Caucus, and was the first African American on the United States House Committee on Appropriations."
tagline: "American politician (1925-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louis_Stokes.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1925-02-23"
deathDate: "2015-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.10788666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3249048/"
    handle:    "nm3249048"
sources:
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Stokes"
    title: "Louis Stokes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لويس ستوكيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لوئیس استوکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Louis Stokes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Stokes"
    title: "Louis Stokes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Stokes"
    title: "Louis Stokes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "لوئیس استوکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Stokes"
    title: "Louis Stokes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A1"
    title: "לואיס סטוקס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Stokes"
    title: "Louis Stokes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Stokes"
    title: "Louis Stokes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Stokes"
    title: "Louis Stokes"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q983528"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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