# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-ridge
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:07:52.695Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-ridge"
name: "Tom Ridge"
slug: "tom-ridge"
description: "Thomas Joseph Ridge is an American politician and author who served in the George W. Bush administration as the assistant to the president for homeland security from 2001 to 2003 and as the United States secretary of homeland security from 2003 to 2005. He was the first person to hold either office. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 and as the 43rd governor of Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2001."
tagline: "43rd Governor of Pennsylvania, first United States Secretary of Homeland Security"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom_Ridge.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1945-08-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump