# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-tsongas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:28:52.742Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-tsongas"
name: "Paul Tsongas"
slug: "paul-tsongas"
description: "Paul Efthemios Tsongas was an American politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1979 until 1985 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 until 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, he ran for president in 1992. He won eight contests during the presidential primaries but ultimately lost the nomination to Bill Clinton, who later won the general election."
tagline: "American politician (1941–1997)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Senator_Paul_Tsongas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1941-02-14"
deathDate: "1997-01-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.25599066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "پاول تسونجاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "پل سونقاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Tsongas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB_%CE%A4%CF%83%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Πολ Τσόνγκας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tsongas"
    title: "Paul Tsongas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tsongas"
    title: "Paul Tsongas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "پل سونگاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tsongas"
    title: "Paul Tsongas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%90%D7%A1"
    title: "פול סונגאס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tsongas"
    title: "Paul Tsongas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tsongas"
    title: "Paul Tsongas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tsongas"
    title: "Paul Tsongas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tsongas"
    title: "Paul Tsongas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Цонгас, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tsongas"
    title: "Paul Tsongas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tsongas"
    title: "Paul Tsongas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Пол Цонгас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q283884"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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