# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-c-bates
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:53:34.256Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-c-bates"
name: "John C. Bates"
slug: "john-c-bates"
description: "John Coalter Bates was a United States Army officer who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from January to April 1906. Along with Arthur MacArthur Jr., Bates was one of the last American Civil War veterans still on active duty in the United States military at the time of his retirement."
tagline: "3rd Chief of Staff of the United States Army"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gen_John_Bates.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1842-08-26"
deathDate: "1919-02-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.7
  momentum:             4.966440287541206
  historical:           7.013032
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Джон Бейтс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون كولتر بيتس"
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    title: "جون كولتر بيتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coalter_Bates"
    title: "John Coalter Bates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Bates"
    title: "John C. Bates"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Bates"
    title: "John C. Bates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "جان کوالتر بیتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coalter_Bates"
    title: "John Coalter Bates"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6963925"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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