# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-akar
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:02:36.084Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-akar"
name: "John Akar"
slug: "john-akar"
description: "John Joseph Akar (1927–1975) was a Sierra Leonean entertainer, writer, and diplomat. He served as Sierra Leonean ambassador to the United States. Today, he is probably best known for composing the music of Sierra Leone's National Anthem."
tagline: "Entertainer, writer, diplomat (1927-1975)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1927-05-20"
deathDate: "1975-06-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.59
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.672102666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0015090/"
    handle:    "nm0015090"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Джон Джозеф Акар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B9%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "جون عكار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B9%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "جون عكار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Akar"
    title: "John Akar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Joseph_Akar"
    title: "John Joseph Akar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Akar"
    title: "John Akar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Akar"
    title: "John Akar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Акар, Джон Джозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12100800"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2448235"
    title: "John Joseph Akar"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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