# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-cover
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:27:42.244Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-cover"
name: "Jack Cover"
slug: "jack-cover"
description: "John Higson Cover Jr. was an American aerospace scientist who invented the taser stun gun."
tagline: "American physicist (1920–2009)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/John_Higson_Cover%2C_Jr._45036223.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1920-04-06"
deathDate: "2009-02-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.018936
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "约翰·卡夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cover"
    title: "Jack Cover"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cover"
    title: "Jack Cover"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cover"
    title: "Jack Cover"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cover"
    title: "Jack Cover"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cover"
    title: "Jack Cover"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cover"
    title: "Jack Cover"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cover"
    title: "Jack Cover"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cover"
    title: "Jack Cover"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BA"
    title: "Кавер, Джек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Джек Кавер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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