# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jay-maynard
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:26:22.586Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jay-maynard"
name: "Jay Maynard"
slug: "jay-maynard"
description: "Jay Maynard is an American computer programmer, system administrator and the volunteer project maintainer for Hercules, a free emulator of IBM mainframe hardware. He is known for his self-made electroluminescent costume based on the film Tron, which resulted in his nickname Tron Guy."
tagline: "American Internet celebrity"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tronguy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Developers"
  slug: "developers"
profileType:
  name: "Developer"
  slug: "developer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740"
birthDate: "1960-07-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.958713333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 246
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1796826/"
    handle:    "nm1796826"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Maynard"
    title: "Jay Maynard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "جاي ماينارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "جاى ماينارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1"
    title: "জে মেইনার্ড"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Maynard"
    title: "Jay Maynard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Maynard"
    title: "Jay Maynard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3163244"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224932"
    title: "Jay Maynard"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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