# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-hodgman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:27:00.800Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-hodgman"
name: "John Hodgman"
slug: "john-hodgman"
description: "John Kellogg Hodgman is an American author, actor, and humorist. In addition to his published written works, such as his satirical trilogy The Areas of My Expertise, More Information Than You Require, and That Is All, he is known for his personification of a PC in contrast to Justin Long's personification of a Mac in Apple's \"Get a Mac\" advertising campaign, and for his work as a contributor on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart."
tagline: "American author and humorist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnHodgman-byPhilipRomano.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1971-06-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.544378698224852
  historical:           15.88451333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 106
totalFollowers: 4140
platforms:
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    handle:    "hodgmania"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/johnhodgman/"
    handle:    "johnhodgman"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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  - platform:  "X"
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    handle:    "hodgman"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "johnhodgman"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump