# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-munro-bruce
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:57:45.714Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-munro-bruce"
name: "John Munro Bruce"
slug: "john-munro-bruce"
description: "John Munro Bruce was an Australian businessman. He was born in Ireland to Scottish parents and arrived in the colony of Victoria at the age of 18. He became the managing director and eventual majority shareholder in Paterson, Laing & Bruce, one of Melbourne's leading softgoods firms. He also held a number of civic positions, including as the founding club captain of the Royal Melbourne Golf Club. His son Stanley Bruce became prime minister of Australia."
tagline: "Australian businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Munro_Bruce_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1840-10-10"
deathDate: "1901"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           1.537833333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  54
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Munro_Bruce"
    title: "John Munro Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21535654"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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