# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-heywood
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:03:55.958Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-heywood"
name: "John Heywood"
slug: "john-heywood"
description: "John Heywood was an English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of proverbs. Although he is best known as a playwright, he was also active as a musician and composer, though no musical works survive. A devout Catholic, he nevertheless served as a royal servant to both the Catholic and Protestant regimes of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I."
tagline: "English writer known for plays, poems and a collection of proverbs (1497-1580)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heywood_portrait_1556.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1497"
deathDate: "1580"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           14.70648266666667
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "John Heywood"
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    title: "John Heywood"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump