# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-jakes
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:12:00.209Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-jakes"
name: "John Jakes"
slug: "john-jakes"
description: "John William Jakes was an American writer, best known for historical and speculative fiction. His American Civil War trilogy, North and South, has sold millions of copies worldwide. He was also the author of The Kent Family Chronicles. Jakes used the pen name Jay Scotland among others."
tagline: "American historical novelist and fantasy writer (1932–2023)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1932-03-31"
deathDate: "2023-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.309188
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0415887/"
    handle:    "nm0415887"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnjakes.com"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джон Джейкс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Jakes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Jakes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jakes"
    title: "John Jakes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Jakes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Jakes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jakes"
    title: "John Jakes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Jakes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジョン・ジェイクス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jakes"
    title: "John Jakes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jakes"
    title: "John Jakes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jakes"
    title: "John Jakes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джейкс, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jakes"
    title: "John Jakes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "جان جیکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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