# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-adair-q11595
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:41:24.292Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-adair-q11595"
name: "John Adair"
slug: "john-adair-q11595"
description: "John Adair was an American pioneer, slave trader, soldier, and politician. He was the eighth governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both the U.S. House and Senate. A native of South Carolina, Adair enlisted in the state militia and served in the Revolutionary War, during which he was twice captured and held as a prisoner of war by the British. Following the War, he was elected as a delegate to South Carolina's convention to ratify the United States Constitution."
tagline: "American politician (1757–1840)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JOHN_ADAIR.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1757-01-09"
deathDate: "1840-05-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.61
  momentum:             4.848484848484848
  historical:           17.98272533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John Adair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adair"
    title: "John Adair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adair"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adair_(gouverneur)"
    title: "John Adair (gouverneur)"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adair"
    title: "John Adair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Adair (bolitan)"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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