# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-anthony-bilandic
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:42:35.192Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-anthony-bilandic"
name: "Michael Anthony Bilandic"
slug: "michael-anthony-bilandic"
description: "Michael Anthony Bilandic was an American Democratic politician, judge, and attorney who served as the 49th mayor of Chicago from 1976 to 1979, after the death of his predecessor, Richard J. Daley. Bilandic practiced law in Chicago for several years, having graduated from the DePaul University College of Law. Bilandic served as an alderman in Chicago City Council, representing the eleventh ward on the south-west side from June 1969 until he began his tenure as mayor in December 1976. After his mayoralty, Bilandic served on the Illinois Appellate Court from 1984 until being elected to the Illinois Supreme Court in 1990. He served on the state supreme court until 2000, and was the court’s chief Justice from 1994 to 1997."
tagline: "American judge (1923-2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Judge_Michael_A._Bilandic.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1923-02-13"
deathDate: "2002-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.59
  momentum:             7.799791242109448
  historical:           7.291974666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "مایکل آنتونی بیلاندیک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Anthony_Bilandic"
    title: "Michael Anthony Bilandic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_A._Bilandic"
    title: "Michael A. Bilandic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Anthony_Bilandic"
    title: "Michael Anthony Bilandic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Anthony_Bilandi%C4%87"
    title: "Michael Anthony Bilandić"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_A._Bilandic"
    title: "Michael A. Bilandic"
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    title: "Мајкл Ентони Бајландик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump