# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/russell-m-nelson
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:29:04.990Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/russell-m-nelson"
name: "Russell M. Nelson"
slug: "russell-m-nelson"
description: "Russell Marion Nelson Sr. was an American religious leader and surgeon who was the seventeenth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2018 until his death in 2025. Before becoming church president, Nelson was a member of its Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for nearly thirty-four years and was the quorum president from 2015 to 2018. As church president, Nelson was recognized by the church as the prophet, seer, and revelator."
tagline: "Cardiothoracic surgeon and 17th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1924–2025)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1924-09-09"
deathDate: "2025-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump