# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melissa-bean
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:07:35.260Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melissa-bean"
name: "Melissa Bean"
slug: "melissa-bean"
description: "Melissa Bean is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district from 2005 to 2011. Bean is a member of the Democratic Party."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melissa_Bean_Official.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1962-01-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.54
  momentum:             1.5
  historical:           9.275924
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://bg.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ميليسا باين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "ملیسا بین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Bean"
    title: "Melissa Bean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Bean"
    title: "Melissa Bean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Bean"
    title: "Melissa Bean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "מליסה בין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Bean"
    title: "Melissa Bean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Bean"
    title: "Melissa Bean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Мелиса Бин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Bean"
    title: "Melissa Bean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q445046"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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