# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-wellstone
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:37:35.982Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-wellstone"
name: "Paul Wellstone"
slug: "paul-wellstone"
description: "Paul David Wellstone was an American academic, author, and politician. He represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1991 until he was killed in a plane crash near Eveleth, Minnesota, in 2002, sixteen days before that year's election for the seat. A member of the Democratic Party (DFL), Wellstone was a leader of the populist and progressive wings of the party."
tagline: "American politician (1944-2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Wellstone%2C_official_Senate_photo_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1944-07-21"
deathDate: "2002-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump