# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-mcwhorter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:17:42.402Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-mcwhorter"
name: "John McWhorter"
slug: "john-mcwhorter"
description: "John Hamilton McWhorter V is an American linguist. He is an associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University, where he also teaches American studies and music history. He has authored a number of books on race relations and African-American culture, and is a political commentator especially in his New York Times newsletter."
tagline: "American academic and linguist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnMcWhorter.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
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birthDate: "1965-10-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
  historical:           13.82698133333333
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "JohnHMcWhorter"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1674641/"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John McWhorter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John McWhorter"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump