# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-gowans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:11:11.982Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-gowans"
name: "John Gowans"
slug: "john-gowans"
description: "John Gowans was a Scottish clergyman, who was the 16th General of The Salvation Army from 1999 to 2002, succeeding General Paul Rader. He is also notable for pairing with General John Larsson in the composition of many songs and musicals."
tagline: "General of the Salvation Army (1934–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gowans_Congress.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1934-11-13"
deathDate: "2012-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.35
  momentum:             6.226415094339624
  historical:           6.808496
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5513539/"
    handle:    "nm5513539"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%84%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E9%83%AD%E5%AE%9B%E6%96%AF"
    title: "約翰·郭宛斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "جون جوانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gowans"
    title: "John Gowans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gowans"
    title: "John Gowans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gowans"
    title: "John Gowans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gowans"
    title: "John Gowans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gowans"
    title: "John Gowans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جان گوانز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1022219"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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