# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-of-st-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:27:32.569Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-of-st-thomas"
name: "John of St. Thomas"
slug: "john-of-st-thomas"
description: "John of St. Thomas, born João Poinsot, was a Portuguese Dominican friar, Thomist theologian, and professor of philosophy. He is known for being an early theorist in the field of semiotics."
tagline: "Portuguese philosopher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_of_St._Thomas2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1589-07-09"
deathDate: "1644"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.96
  momentum:             6.069364161849711
  historical:           7.694674666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_de_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A1s"
    title: "João de São Tomás"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "جون سانت توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_de_Sant_Tom%C3%A0s"
    title: "Joan de Sant Tomàs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_St._Thomas"
    title: "John of St. Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Santo_Tom%C3%A1s"
    title: "Juan de Santo Tomás"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Poinsot"
    title: "Johannes Poinsot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Saint-Thomas"
    title: "Jean de Saint-Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_di_San_Tommaso"
    title: "Giovanni di San Tommaso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_a_Sancto_Thoma"
    title: "Ioannes a Sancto Thoma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3735496"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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