# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rex-e-lee
# Generated: 2026-09-03T12:22:02.811Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rex-e-lee"
name: "Rex E. Lee"
slug: "rex-e-lee"
description: "Rex Edwin Lee was an American lawyer and academic who served as the 37th solicitor general of the United States from 1981 to 1985. He was responsible for bringing the solicitor general's office to the center of U.S. legal policymaking. During his tenure, Lee argued 59 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court."
tagline: "United States Solicitor General (1935-1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rex_Lee-large.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1935-02-27"
deathDate: "1996-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.21
  momentum:             3.130034522439586
  historical:           5.548818666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Rex E. Lee"
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    title: "ريكس إي. لي"
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    title: "ريكس اى. لى"
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    title: "ریکس ای لی"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_E._Lee"
    title: "Rex E. Lee"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_E._Lee"
    title: "Rex E. Lee"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump