# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-hospers
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:12:58.869Z

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name: "John Hospers"
slug: "john-hospers"
description: "John Hospers was an American philosopher and political activist. Hospers was interested in Objectivism, and was once a friend of the philosopher Ayn Rand, though he later broke with her. In 1972, Hospers became the first presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party, and was the only minor party candidate to receive an electoral vote in that year's U.S. presidential election."
tagline: "American philosopher and politician (1918–2011)"
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birthDate: "1918-06-09"
deathDate: "2011-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump