# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-button
# Generated: 2026-09-07T15:22:52.484Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-button"
name: "John Button"
slug: "john-button"
description: "John Button was an English rallycross driver and the father of 2009 Formula One World Champion Jenson Button. His best overall results were both in 1976, as the runner-up in the Embassy/RAC-MSA British Rallycross and TEAC/Lydden Rallycross championships."
tagline: "British racing driver (1941-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Button_2008_Belgium_Crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1943-07-27"
deathDate: "2014-01-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.497230666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Button"
    title: "John Button"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%82_%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%82_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "جون باتون (سواق عربيات سباق من المملكه المتحده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Button_(Rennfahrer)"
    title: "John Button (Rennfahrer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD"
    title: "Τζον Μπάτον"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Button_(racing_driver)"
    title: "John Button (racing driver)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Button"
    title: "John Button"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Button_(autourheilija)"
    title: "John Button (autourheilija)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Button"
    title: "John Button"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Button"
    title: "John Button"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6224173"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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