# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/percy-schmeiser
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:19:52.429Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/percy-schmeiser"
name: "Percy Schmeiser"
slug: "percy-schmeiser"
description: "Percy Schmeiser (1931–2020) was a Canadian businessman, farmer, and politician who ran a family farm operation in Saskatchewan for decades and later served in municipal and provincial politics. He gained international recognition for his landmark legal battle against the multinational agrichemical company Monsanto. He became a prominent advocate and symbol for independent farmers' rights and the regulation of transgenic crops, and was the subject of numerous films and documentaries, including Percy (2020)."
tagline: "Canadian politician (1931-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PercySchmeiser2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1931-01-05"
deathDate: "2020-10-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.92
  momentum:             1.72770088824623
  historical:           8.377397333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3675610/"
    handle:    "nm3675610"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Schmeiser"
    title: "Percy Schmeiser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Schmeiser"
    title: "Percy Schmeiser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AD%CF%81%CF%83%CF%85_%CE%A3%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%8A%CE%B6%CE%B5%CF%81"
    title: "Πέρσυ Σμάϊζερ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Schmeiser"
    title: "Percy Schmeiser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_kaj_Louise_Schmeiser"
    title: "Percy kaj Louise Schmeiser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Schmeiser"
    title: "Percy Schmeiser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Schmeiser"
    title: "Percy Schmeiser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Schmeiser"
    title: "Percy Schmeiser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Schmeiser"
    title: "Percy Schmeiser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359053"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3040287"
    title: "Percy Schmeiser"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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