# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-dunning
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:57:58.336Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-dunning"
name: "John Dunning"
slug: "john-dunning"
description: "John Dunning was an American writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. He was known for his reference books on old-time radio and his series of mysteries featuring Denver bookseller and ex-policeman Cliff Janeway."
tagline: "Novelist, radio historian, radio host (1942–2023)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1942-01-09"
deathDate: "2023-05-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.81
  momentum:             1.351351351351351
  historical:           6.351945333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0"
    title: "ジョン・ダニング"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA_(%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "جون دونينغ (مؤلف خيال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%94%D1%8A%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Джон Дънинг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dunning_(detective_fiction_author)"
    title: "John Dunning (detective fiction author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dunning_(kirjailija)"
    title: "John Dunning (kirjailija)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dunning_(%C3%A9crivain)"
    title: "John Dunning (écrivain)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dunning_(scrittore)"
    title: "John Dunning (scrittore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1627461"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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