# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-laband
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:24:39.683Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-laband"
name: "John Laband"
slug: "john-laband"
description: "John Paul Clow Laband was a South African historian and writer, specialising in Anglo-Zulu and the First and Second Freedom Wars. He taught at universities in South Africa, England, and Canada. In particular, he was Professor of History at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada, and a Research Associate of the University of KwaZulu-Natal."
tagline: "South african historian and writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-03-18"
deathDate: "2025-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.12
  momentum:             5.769230769230769
  historical:           5.472318666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laband"
    title: "John Laband"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "جون لاباند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1"
    title: "জন ল্যাব্যান্ড"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laband"
    title: "John Laband"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laband"
    title: "John Laband"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laband"
    title: "John Laband"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96942963"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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