# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonja-schlesin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:43:00.992Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonja-schlesin"
name: "Sonja Schlesin"
slug: "sonja-schlesin"
description: "Sonja Schlesin was a South African best known for her work with Mohandas Gandhi while he was living in South Africa. She began her service as his secretary at the age of 17. By her early twenties, she had become entrusted with the executive decision making within Gandhi's law practice and sociopolitical movements. Gandhi said \"during the Satyagraha days ... she led the movement single handed\"."
tagline: "Gandhi's secretary in South Africa (1888-1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mahatma_Mohandas_Karanchand_Gandhi_voor_zijn_advocatenkantoor_in_Zuid_Afrika_met_links_van_hem_H%2C_SFA002001732.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1888-06-06"
deathDate: "1956-01-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.213428
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98"
    title: "სონია შლესინი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "سونيا شليسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "سونيا شليزين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Schlesin"
    title: "Sonja Schlesin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Schlesin"
    title: "Sonja Schlesin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Schlesin"
    title: "Sonja Schlesin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "سونیا شلسین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Schlesin"
    title: "Sonja Schlesin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15079672"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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