# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-erik-jonsson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:39:09.417Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-erik-jonsson"
name: "J. Erik Jonsson"
slug: "j-erik-jonsson"
description: "John Erik Jonsson was an American businessman who was co-founder and early president of Texas Instruments Incorporated. He became Mayor of Dallas, a position in which he became a major advocate for civic causes, including the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, and was a philanthropist in his later years."
tagline: "American businessperson and politician (1901–1995)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/54/Jonssonerikj.jpeg/330px-Jonssonerikj.jpeg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1901-09-06"
deathDate: "1995-08-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.573797333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Erik_Jonsson"
    title: "J. Erik Jonsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جون إريك جونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C._%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جی. اریک جونزسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Erik_Jonsson"
    title: "J. Erik Jonsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Erik_Jonsson"
    title: "J. Erik Jonsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Erik_Jonsson"
    title: "J. Erik Jonsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Erik_Jonsson"
    title: "J. Erik Jonsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891705"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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