# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonny-callahan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:57:33.737Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonny-callahan"
name: "Sonny Callahan"
slug: "sonny-callahan"
description: "Herbert Leon \"Sonny\" Callahan was an American businessman and politician from Alabama. After being elected as a Democrat from Mobile to the state house and senate, he shifted to the Republican Party after losing a race for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama in 1982. He was repeatedly elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1985 to 2003. Afterward he established his own lobbying firm and continued to be active in the Republican Party."
tagline: "American politician (1932–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sonnycallahan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1932-09-11"
deathDate: "2021-06-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.59
  momentum:             3.818181818181819
  historical:           7.01044
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Callahan"
    title: "Sonny Callahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "سوني كالاهان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "سونى كالاهان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "سونی کالاهان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Callahan"
    title: "Sonny Callahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Callahan"
    title: "Sonny Callahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9F"
    title: "סוני קלהאן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Callahan"
    title: "Sonny Callahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q913664"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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