# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wayne-gilchrest
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:38:34.944Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wayne-gilchrest"
name: "Wayne Gilchrest"
slug: "wayne-gilchrest"
description: "Wayne Thomas Gilchrest is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Maryland's 1st congressional district. In 2008, Gilchrest was defeated in the Republican primary by State Senator Andy Harris. Following his departure from politics he has worked on environmental education. He is also a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One. In 2019, Gilchrest became a registered Democrat."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wayne_Gilchrest_of_Maryland%2C_official_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-04-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.01
  momentum:             0.7306590257879657
  historical:           7.226964000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wayne Gilchrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "واين جيلكرست (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "واين جيلكرست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "واین جیلچرزت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Gilchrest"
    title: "Wayne Gilchrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Gilchrest"
    title: "Wayne Gilchrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Gilchrest"
    title: "Wayne Gilchrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Gilchrest"
    title: "Wayne Gilchrest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q501808"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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