# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-draper
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:26:53.663Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-draper"
name: "John Draper"
slug: "john-draper"
description: "John Thomas Draper is an American computer programmer and former phone phreak. He is a widely known figure within the hacker and computer security community. He is primarily known as a colorful and unconventional figure in Silicon Valley history and lore. He befriended and influenced Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in the years before they founded Apple Computer. His determined probing and exploration of the telephone network earned him a reputation for his technical acumen. However, his activities sometimes crossed ethical lines, leading to criminal charges and prison time for toll fraud."
tagline: "American computer programmer and former phone phreak"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnDraper_PyCon_2008.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1943-03-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.09947333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump