# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-howard-payne
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:25:52.577Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-howard-payne"
name: "John Howard Payne"
slug: "john-howard-payne"
description: "John Howard Payne was an American actor, poet, playwright, and writer who had nearly two decades of a theatrical career and success in London. He is today most remembered as the creator of \"Home! Sweet Home!\", a song he wrote in 1822 that became widely popular in the United States and the English-speaking world. Its popularity was revived during the American Civil War, as troops on both sides embraced it."
tagline: "American actor and writer (1791-1852)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnhowardpayneportrait.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1791-06-09"
deathDate: "1852-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.82466
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668369/"
    handle:    "nm0668369"
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    title: "John Howard Payne"
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    title: "John Howard Payne"
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    title: "John Howard Payne"
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    title: "John Howard Payne"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump