# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-sterling
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:56:58.743Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-sterling"
name: "Thomas Sterling"
slug: "thomas-sterling"
description: "Thomas Sterling was an American lawyer, politician, and academic who served as a member of the United States Senate and the first dean of the University of South Dakota College of Law."
tagline: "American politician (1851-1930)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Sterling_cph.3b18891.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1851-02-21"
deathDate: "1930-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.7
  momentum:             2.531645569620253
  historical:           8.740461333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Thomas Sterling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "توماس ستيرلينغ (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "توماس ستيرلينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%82"
    title: "توماس استرلینق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sterling"
    title: "Thomas Sterling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sterling"
    title: "Thomas Sterling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "توماس استرلینگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A1_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92"
    title: "תומאס סטרלינג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sterling"
    title: "Thomas Sterling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sterling"
    title: "Thomas Sterling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433649"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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