# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-ernest-randall
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:51:22.927Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-ernest-randall"
name: "John Ernest Randall"
slug: "john-ernest-randall"
description: "John Ernest \"Jack\" Randall was an American ichthyologist and a leading authority on coral reef fishes. Randall described over 800 species and authored 11 books and over 900 scientific papers and popular articles. He spent most of his career working in Hawaii. He died in April 2020 at the age of 95."
tagline: "U.S. ichthyologist (1924-2020)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1924-05-22"
deathDate: "2020-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.208712
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ernest_Randall"
    title: "John Ernest Randall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "جون إرنست راندال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "جون ارنست راندال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ernest_Randall"
    title: "John Ernest Randall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ernest_Randall"
    title: "John Ernest Randall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ernest_Randall"
    title: "John Ernest Randall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ernest_Randall"
    title: "John Ernest Randall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ernest_Randall"
    title: "John Ernest Randall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3181442"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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