# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-c-west
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:46:49.487Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-c-west"
name: "John C. West"
slug: "john-c-west"
description: "John Carl West Sr. was a U.S. Democratic Party politician who served as the 109th governor of South Carolina from 1971 to 1975. He served as United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1977 to 1981."
tagline: "South Carolina politician (1922-2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gov._John_C._West_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1922-08-27"
deathDate: "2004-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.220232
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John C. West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون ك. ويست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون ك. ويست"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._West"
    title: "John C. West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._West"
    title: "John C. West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._West"
    title: "John C. West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q885391"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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