# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-kilian
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:27:04.903Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-kilian"
name: "John Kilian"
slug: "john-kilian"
description: "John Kilian also German: Johann Kilian, Upper Sorbian: Jan Kilian, pronounced [ˈjaŋ ˈkʲilʲi.an] was a Lutheran pastor and leader of the colony known as the Wends of Texas."
tagline: "Sorbian pastor, leader of the colony of Serbin, Texas (1811-1884)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Kilian_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1811-03-22"
deathDate: "1884-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.4
  momentum:             0.1261829652996845
  historical:           11.87822266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Ян Кіліан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جون كيليان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جون كيليان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Kilian"
    title: "Yan Kilian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F%D0%BD"
    title: "Ян Кіліян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kilian_(duchovn%C3%AD)"
    title: "Jan Kilian (duchovní)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kilian"
    title: "Jan Kilian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%9A%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BD"
    title: "Τζον Κίλιαν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kilian"
    title: "John Kilian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kilian"
    title: "Jan Kilian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Јан Килијан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kilian_(pastor)"
    title: "Jan Kilian (pastor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kilian"
    title: "John Kilian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD"
    title: "Килиан, Ян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kilian"
    title: "John Kilian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214290"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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