# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roberta-achtenberg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:00:34.673Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roberta-achtenberg"
name: "Roberta Achtenberg"
slug: "roberta-achtenberg"
description: "Roberta Achtenberg is an American attorney and civil rights advocate who served as a commissioner on the United States Commission on Civil Rights. She was previously assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, becoming the first openly lesbian or gay public official in the United States whose appointment to a federal position was confirmed by the United States Senate. This confirmation hearing garnered a lot of publicity, opposition, and support."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ACHTENBERG-Bio.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1950-07-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.42
  momentum:             0.3156146179401993
  historical:           5.755689333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roberta_Achtenberg"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AC"
    title: "روبرتا اختنبرج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D8%A2%DA%86%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%82"
    title: "روبرتا آچتنبرق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Achtenberg"
    title: "Roberta Achtenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Achtenberg"
    title: "Roberta Achtenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Achtenberg"
    title: "Roberta Achtenberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%B9%D8%A7_%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%86%D9%B9%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF"
    title: "رابرٹا ایچٹنبرگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7351484"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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