# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-j-loud
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:35:48.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-j-loud"
name: "John J. Loud"
slug: "john-j-loud"
description: "John Jacob Loud was an American inventor known for designing the first ballpoint pen."
tagline: "American inventor (1844-1916)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Jacob_Loud_01.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1844-11-02"
deathDate: "1916-08-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.783697333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%84%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7J%C2%B7%E5%8B%9E%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "約翰·J·勞德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Loud"
    title: "Con Loud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Loud"
    title: "John J. Loud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Loud"
    title: "John J. Loud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Loud"
    title: "John J. Loud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Loud"
    title: "John J. Loud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A1"
    title: "जोन जे लाउड"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Loud"
    title: "John J. Loud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Loud"
    title: "John J. Loud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Loud"
    title: "John J. Loud"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15991221"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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