# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-simons
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:39:01.515Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-simons"
name: "Ray Simons"
slug: "ray-simons"
description: "Ray Alexander Simons (née Alexandrowich; was a South African communist, anti-apartheid activist, campaigner and trade unionist who helped draft the Women's Charter. She moved to Cape Town in 1929 to escape the persecution of Jews and communists."
tagline: "South African politician"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1913-01-02"
deathDate: "2004-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.337149333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ray_Alexander_Simons"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Alexander_Simons"
    title: "Ray Alexander Simons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Simons"
    title: "Ray Simons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Alexander_Simons"
    title: "Ray Alexander Simons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Alexander_Simons"
    title: "Ray Alexander Simons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Alexander_Simons"
    title: "Ray Alexander Simons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Alexander_Simons"
    title: "Ray Alexander Simons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Alexander_Simons"
    title: "Ray Alexander Simons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Simons"
    title: "Rachel Simons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Alexander_Simons"
    title: "Ray Alexander Simons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7279404"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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