# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-c-black
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:02:22.359Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-c-black"
name: "John C. Black"
slug: "john-c-black"
description: "John Charles Black was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Illinois. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions as a Union Army lieutenant colonel and regimental commander at the Battle of Prairie Grove during the American Civil War."
tagline: "United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1839-1915)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_c_black-illinois-1902.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1839-01-27"
deathDate: "1915-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.15
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.343629333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Charles_Black"
    title: "John Charles Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83._%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "جون ك. بلاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83._%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "جون ك. بلاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%DB%8C._%D8%A8%D9%84%DA%A9"
    title: "جان سی. بلک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Black"
    title: "John C. Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Black"
    title: "John C. Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Black"
    title: "John C. Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4166181"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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