# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-edward-douglas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:00:54.951Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-edward-douglas"
name: "John Edward Douglas"
slug: "john-edward-douglas"
description: "John Edward Douglas is an American retired Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent and former unit chief in its Behavioral Science Unit. He is widely recognized as one of the pioneers of criminal profiling and is the bestselling author of Mindhunter."
tagline: "American criminal profiler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_E._Douglas.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1945-06-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.167896
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0235123"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump