# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-macinnes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:32:58.190Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-macinnes"
name: "John MacInnes"
slug: "john-macinnes"
description: "John MacInnes, 3 April 1930 in Uig, Lewis – 10 May 2019, was a Scottish Gaelic scholar and authority on Scottish Gaelic oral tradition. He was born in Uig, Lewis, but grew up on Raasay, and took an active interest in Gaelic tradition while still young and made a conscious effort to seek it out amongst his family and community."
tagline: "Scottish Gaelic scholar and authority on Scottish Gaelic oral tradition"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1930"
deathDate: "2019-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.08
  momentum:             18.87755102040816
  historical:           6.402448
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8dc6c3f2-ce91-4db3-96d3-aff4c22b037f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "جون ماكينيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_(%D9%84%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%89)"
    title: "جون ماكينيس (لغوى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_MacAonghais"
    title: "Iain MacAonghais"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_MacInnes_(Gaelic_scholar)"
    title: "John MacInnes (Gaelic scholar)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_MacAonghais"
    title: "Iain MacAonghais"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_MacInnes_(masanin_Gaelic)"
    title: "John MacInnes (masanin Gaelic)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_MacInnes_(Gaelic_scholar)"
    title: "John MacInnes (Gaelic scholar)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28741400"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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