# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-dopyera
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:11:17.856Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-dopyera"
name: "John Dopyera"
slug: "john-dopyera"
description: "John Dopyera was a Slovak-American inventor, entrepreneur, and maker of stringed instruments. His inventions included the resonator guitar and important contributions to the early development of the electric guitar."
tagline: "Slovak inventor (1893–1988)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1893-07-06"
deathDate: "1988-01-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.218072
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BF'%D1%94%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Ян Доп'єра"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Джон Допера"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1n_Dopjera"
    title: "Ján Dopjera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dopyera"
    title: "John Dopyera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dopyera"
    title: "John Dopyera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dopyera"
    title: "John Dopyera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D4%B4%D5%B8%D5%BA%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A1"
    title: "Ջոն Դոպերա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dopyera"
    title: "John Dopyera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Допера, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1n_Dopjera"
    title: "Ján Dopjera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dopyera"
    title: "John Dopyera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3495504"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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