# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-leonard-watson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:27:37.324Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-leonard-watson"
name: "John Leonard Watson"
slug: "john-leonard-watson"
description: "John Leonard Watson is an American chess player and author who was awarded the title of International Master in 1979."
tagline: "American chess player (1951-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnWatson0301_057.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1951-09-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.809108
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John L. Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A5%D9%84._%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جون إل. واتسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84._%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جون ال. واتسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Watson"
    title: "John L. Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Watson"
    title: "John L. Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Watson"
    title: "John L. Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leonard_Watson"
    title: "John Leonard Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Watson_(joueur_d'%C3%A9checs)"
    title: "John Watson (joueur d'échecs)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C._%D7%95%D7%95%D7%98%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ג'ון ל. ווטסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Watson_(scacchista)"
    title: "John Watson (scacchista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Watson"
    title: "John L. Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2914729"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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