# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-kirk
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:15:11.144Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-kirk"
name: "Mark Kirk"
slug: "mark-kirk"
description: "Mark Steven Kirk is an American retired politician and attorney who served as a United States senator from Illinois from 2010 to 2017, and as the United States representative for Illinois's 10th congressional district from 2001 to 2010. A member of the Republican Party, Kirk describes himself as socially liberal and fiscally conservative. As of 2026, he is the last Republican to represent Illinois in the U.S. Senate."
tagline: "American politician (born 1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Senator_Mark_Kirk_official_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959-09-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 495
platforms:
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    handle:    "senatorkirk"
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    handle:    "nm3268451"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump