# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-l-dewitt
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:53:22.649Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-l-dewitt"
name: "John L. DeWitt"
slug: "john-l-dewitt"
description: "John Lesesne DeWitt was a four-star general in the United States Army. He was best known for overseeing the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II."
tagline: "United States Army general (1880-1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Lesene_Dewitt_copy.PNG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1880-01-09"
deathDate: "1962-06-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.578909333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John L. DeWitt"
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    title: "جون إل. ديويت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون ال. ديويت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Lesesne DeWitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._DeWitt"
    title: "John L. DeWitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_DeWitt"
    title: "John DeWitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%93%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%98_(%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%9C)"
    title: "ג'ון דוויט (גנרל)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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