# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-farr
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:55:34.730Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-farr"
name: "Sam Farr"
slug: "sam-farr"
description: "Samuel Sharon Farr is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for California's 17th (1993–2013) and 20th congressional districts (2013–17). He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected to Congress in a 1993 special election when longtime Democratic Rep. Leon Panetta resigned to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget. He retired from Congress following the 2016 elections."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Farr%2C_official_portrait%2C_111th_Congress.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1941-07-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.29679866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 125
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RepSamFarr"
    handle:    "RepSamFarr"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/repsamfarr/"
    handle:    "repsamfarr"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/RepSamFarr"
    handle:    "RepSamFarr"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://farr.house.gov"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoSsBwU28xzKM8lKeeHXEzQ"
    handle:    "@repsamfarr"
    followers: 125
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Farr"
    title: "Sam Farr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "سام فار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "سام فر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Farr"
    title: "Sam Farr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Farr"
    title: "Sam Farr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "سام فر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Farr"
    title: "Sam Farr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Farr"
    title: "Sam Farr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC"
    title: "サム・ファー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Farr"
    title: "Samuel Farr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Farr"
    title: "Sam Farr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Farr"
    title: "Sam Farr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q675348"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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