# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-aanestad
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:26:22.738Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-aanestad"
name: "Sam Aanestad"
slug: "sam-aanestad"
description: "Samuel Mark Aanestad was an American physician, surgeon, and politician. A Republican, he served in the California State Assembly from the 3rd District from 1998 to 2002 and a member of the California State Senate from the 4th district from 2002 to 2010. He was an unsuccessful candidate for California's 1st Congressional District, which was being vacated by retiring Congressman Wally Herger."
tagline: "American oral and maxillofacial surgeon and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/State_Sen._Sam_Aanestad.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-07-16"
deathDate: "2018-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.405472
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "سام انيستاد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "سام آنستاد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Aanestad"
    title: "Sam Aanestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "سام آنستاد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Aanestad"
    title: "Sam Aanestad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7407065"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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