# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/t-o-s-benson
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:41:24.121Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/t-o-s-benson"
name: "T.O.S. Benson"
slug: "t-o-s-benson"
description: "Chief Theophilus Owolabi Shobowale Benson, S.A.N. was a Nigerian lawyer who became one of the most prominent Yoruba politicians in the period leading up to Nigerian independence in 1960. He served as the Minister of Information, Broadcasting and Culture in the first post-independence government. Benson was imprisoned for several months after the first military coup of 1966. He returned to practise as a barrister, and was recognised as a prominent Yoruba chief."
tagline: "Nigerian lawyer (1917-2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F016252-0001%2C_Berlin%2C_Staatsbesuch_Minister_Benson%2C_Nigeria_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1917-07-23"
deathDate: "2008-02-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.8
  momentum:             8.68421052631579
  historical:           5.075774666666667
  currentAttention:     48.24561403508771
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._O._S._Benson"
    title: "T. O. S. Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A._%D8%A3%D9%88._%D8%A5%D8%B3._%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "تي. أو. إس. بنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%89.%D8%A7%D9%88.%D8%A7%D8%B3._%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "تى.او.اس. بينسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._O._S._Benson"
    title: "T. O. S. Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOS_Benson"
    title: "TOS Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._O._S._Benson"
    title: "T. O. S. Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19603850"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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