# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-hugh-means
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:21:49.290Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-hugh-means"
name: "John Hugh Means"
slug: "john-hugh-means"
description: "John Hugh Means was an American politician who served as the 64th governor of South Carolina from 1850 to 1852 and an infantry colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action at the Second Battle of Manassas, one of only a handful of well-known pre-war politicians to perish during the conflict."
tagline: "American politician (1812-1862)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnHughMeans.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1812-08-18"
deathDate: "1862-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.78
  momentum:             1.076923076923077
  historical:           4.805184
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جان هیو مینز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hugh_Means"
    title: "John Hugh Means"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hugh_Means"
    title: "John Hugh Means"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A1"
    title: "ג'ון יו מינס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hugh_Means"
    title: "John Hugh Means"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932012"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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