# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-elton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:25:37.936Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-elton"
name: "John Elton"
slug: "john-elton"
description: "John Elton was an English sea captain, shipbuilder and merchant best known for inventing Elton's quadrant and serving the shah of Iran, Nader Shah."
tagline: "Merchant and adventurer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Vanderbank_(1694-1739)_-_A_Merchant_Captain_with_Elton's_Quadrant_-_BHC3128_-_Royal_Museums_Greenwich.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
deathDate: "1751"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.65
  momentum:             2.747252747252747
  historical:           5.675018666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جان التون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Elton"
    title: "Con Elton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elton"
    title: "John Elton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C)"
    title: "Элтон, Джон (судостроитель)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Elton"
    title: "John Elton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジョン・エルトン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18576495"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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