# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-cooksey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:58:13.591Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-cooksey"
name: "John Cooksey"
slug: "john-cooksey"
description: "John Charles Cooksey was an American ophthalmologist and politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 5th congressional district from 1997 to 2003."
tagline: "American politician (1941–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johncooksey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1941-08-20"
deathDate: "2022-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.141001333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cooksey"
    title: "John Cooksey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%89"
    title: "جون كوكسى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C"
    title: "جان کوکسی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cooksey"
    title: "John Cooksey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cooksey"
    title: "John Cooksey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cooksey"
    title: "John Cooksey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cooksey"
    title: "John Cooksey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1699656"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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