# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sterling-fessenden
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:07:31.726Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sterling-fessenden"
name: "Sterling Fessenden"
slug: "sterling-fessenden"
description: "Stirling Fessenden, an American lawyer practicing in Shanghai, served as the chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council from 1923 to 1929 and as Secretary-General from 1929 to 1939."
tagline: "American lawyer (1875–1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E5%A3%AB%E5%A6%A5%E6%9E%97%C2%B7%E9%9D%9E%E8%87%A3%E7%99%BB%EF%BC%88Stirling_Fessenden%EF%BC%89.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1875-09-29"
deathDate: "1943-09-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.63
  momentum:             9.999999999999998
  historical:           4.808964
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "ستيرلينغ فيسيندن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "ستيرلينج فيسيندن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling_Fessenden"
    title: "Stirling Fessenden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Фессенден, Стерлинг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B4%B9%E4%BF%A1%E6%83%87"
    title: "费信惇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4483203"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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