# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sheila-simon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:19:39.964Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sheila-simon"
name: "Sheila Simon"
slug: "sheila-simon"
description: "Sheila J. Simon is an American politician who served as the 46th lieutenant governor of Illinois, from 2011 to 2015. In 2014, she was the Democratic nominee for Illinois State Comptroller, losing to Republican incumbent Judy Baar Topinka. Simon is the daughter of former U.S. Senator Paul Simon, who had previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (1969–1973), and his first wife, former Illinois State Representative Jeanne Hurley Simon."
tagline: "American politician and educator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sheila_Simon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1961-03-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.46
  momentum:             0.7325383304940375
  historical:           5.289346666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://sheilasimon.org/"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Simon"
    title: "Sheila Simon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "شيلا سيمون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "شئیلا سیمون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Simon"
    title: "Sheila Simon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Simon"
    title: "Sheila Simon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Simon"
    title: "Sheila Simon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3481765"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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