# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-laurens
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:20:18.947Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-laurens"
name: "John Laurens"
slug: "john-laurens"
description: "John Laurens was an American soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War, best known for his efforts to help recruit slaves to fight for their freedom as U.S. soldiers."
tagline: "American soldier and abolitionist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Willson_Peale_-_John_Laurens_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1754-10-28"
deathDate: "1782-08-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.44
  momentum:             6.883025718774755
  historical:           8.765770666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurens"
    title: "John Laurens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "جون لورنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurens"
    title: "John Laurens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurens"
    title: "John Laurens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurens"
    title: "John Laurens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurens"
    title: "John Laurens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurens"
    title: "John Laurens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurens"
    title: "John Laurens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Лоуренс, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3181906"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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