# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-kerr
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:53:38.732Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-kerr"
name: "John Kerr"
slug: "john-kerr"
description: "Sir John Robert Kerr was an Australian barrister and judge who served as the 18th governor-general of Australia, in office from 1974 to 1977. He is primarily known for his involvement in the 1975 constitutional crisis, which culminated in the dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and the appointment of Malcolm Fraser as caretaker prime minister."
tagline: "Governor-General of Australia (1914–1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Kerr_1965.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1914-09-24"
deathDate: "1991-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             4.287642331860271
  historical:           18.94058
  currentAttention:     23.04032980820936
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump