# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-l-burns
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:48:09.531Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-l-burns"
name: "John L. Burns"
slug: "john-l-burns"
description: "John Lawrence Burns was an American soldier and constable. A veteran of the War of 1812, at age 69 he fought as a civilian combatant with the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. He was wounded, but survived to become a national celebrity."
tagline: "American soldier (1793–1872)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Burns_of_Gettysburg.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1793-09-05"
deathDate: "1872-02-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.93
  momentum:             0.4144055254070055
  historical:           5.075996
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "جون لورنس بورنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Burns"
    title: "John L. Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Burns"
    title: "John L. Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84._%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "جان ال. برنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Burns_(%C5%BCo%C5%82nierz)"
    title: "John Burns (żołnierz)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1700745"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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