# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vera-katz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:02:50.683Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vera-katz"
name: "Vera Katz"
slug: "vera-katz"
description: "Vera Katz was an American Democratic politician in the state of Oregon. She was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and was the 49th mayor of Portland, Oregon's most populous city. She grew up in New York City, moving to Portland in 1962, and was elected to the Oregon House in 1972. She served as mayor from 1993 to 2005."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vera_Katz.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1933-08-03"
deathDate: "2017-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.820304
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D9%B9%D8%B2"
    title: "ویرا کٹز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "فيرا كاتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "ورا کاتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%A6%AF"
    title: "ভেরা ক্যাট্‌য"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Katz"
    title: "Vera Katz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Katz"
    title: "Vera Katz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Katz"
    title: "Vera Katz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Katz"
    title: "Vera Katz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4009809"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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