# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-j-mccarthy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:45:01.583Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-j-mccarthy"
name: "John J. McCarthy"
slug: "john-j-mccarthy"
description: "John Joseph McCarthy is an American linguist and the Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Massachusetts Amherst since July 2017. In July 2018, he assumed office as the Provost."
tagline: "American linguist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mccarthy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1953-04-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.6
  momentum:             16.55339805825243
  historical:           5.670950666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John McCarthy (linguist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون مكارثي (لغوي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون مكارثى (لغوى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EB%A7%A4%EC%B9%B4%EC%8B%9C_(%EC%96%B8%EC%96%B4%ED%95%99%EC%9E%90)"
    title: "존 매카시 (언어학자)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C_(%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3)"
    title: "جان مک‌کارتی (زبان‌شناس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC_(%E8%A8%80%E8%AA%9E%E5%AD%A6%E8%80%85)"
    title: "ジョン・マッカーシー (言語学者)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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