# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-ball
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:37:56.230Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-ball"
name: "John Ball"
slug: "john-ball"
description: "John Ball  was an English priest who took a prominent part in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Although he is often associated with John Wycliffe and the Lollard movement, Ball was actively preaching \"articles contrary to the faith of the church\" at least a decade before Wycliffe started attracting attention."
tagline: "English rebel and priest (1338-1381)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Ball_encouraging_Wat_Tyler_rebels_from_ca_1470_MS_of_Froissart_Chronicles_in_BL.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1338"
deathDate: "1381-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.95
  momentum:             4.951299533806483
  historical:           22.55268133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "جون بول (قسيس)"
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    title: "Джон Бол"
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    title: "John Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Ball (Geistlicher, 1335)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Ball (priest)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ball_(sacerdote)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Болл, Джон (священник)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Ball (priest)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Џон Бол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q505824"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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