# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-c-eastman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:28:23.141Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-c-eastman"
name: "John C. Eastman"
slug: "john-c-eastman"
description: "John Charles Eastman is an American legal scholar and disbarred lawyer. Eastman became widely known after the 2020 United States presidential election, when he advised then-President Donald Trump. He wrote legal memos arguing that Vice President Mike Pence could reject or delay certification of certain electoral votes, for which he has been disbarred from practicing law in the state of California."
tagline: "American law professor; legal and constitutional scholar"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_C._Eastman_2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1960-04-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.62
  momentum:             0.8977556109725685
  historical:           6.93698
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/DrJohnEastman"
    handle:    "DrJohnEastman"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/john.eastman.5059"
    handle:    "john.eastman.5059"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9151384/"
    handle:    "nm9151384"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eastman"
    title: "John Eastman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جون إيستمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%DB%8C._%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "جان سی. ایستمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eastman"
    title: "John Eastman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eastman"
    title: "John Eastman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Eastman"
    title: "John C. Eastman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eastman"
    title: "John Eastman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6224389"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4923458"
    title: "John Charles Eastman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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