# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melvin-h-evans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:51:56.627Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melvin-h-evans"
name: "Melvin H. Evans"
slug: "melvin-h-evans"
description: "Melvin Herbert Evans was an American politician who served as the first elected governor of the United States Virgin Islands and was the first black person elected governor in the United States' history. After his tenure as governor, he served as the territory's at-large delegate to the United States House of Representatives and ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago."
tagline: "American politician (1917-1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melvin_Evans.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1917-08-07"
deathDate: "1984-11-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.749137333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_H._Evans"
    title: "Melvin H. Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A5%D8%AA%D8%B4._%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ميلڤين اتش. اڤانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_H._Evans"
    title: "Melvin H. Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_H._Evans"
    title: "Melvin H. Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Evans"
    title: "Melvin Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_H._Evans"
    title: "Melvin H. Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Эванс, Мелвин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_H._Evans"
    title: "Melvin H. Evans"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2819651"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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