# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sheldon-wolin
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:15:41.742Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sheldon-wolin"
name: "Sheldon Wolin"
slug: "sheldon-wolin"
description: "Sheldon Sanford Wolin was an American political theorist and writer on contemporary politics. A political theorist for fifty years, Wolin became Professor of Politics, Emeritus, at Princeton University, where he taught from 1973 to 1987."
tagline: "American political philosopher (1922-2015)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1922-08-04"
deathDate: "2015-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           7.918542666666666
  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "شيلدون ولين"
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    title: "Sheldon Wolin"
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    title: "Sheldon Wolin"
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    title: "Sheldon Wolin"
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    title: "Sheldon Wolin"
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    title: "Sheldon Wolin"
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    title: "셸든 월린"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump