# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-paul-sr
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:26:49.053Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-paul-sr"
name: "John Paul, Sr."
slug: "john-paul-sr"
description: "John Lee Paul is or was an American fugitive, suspected double murderer, and former racing driver known as John Paul Sr. in the motorsport scene. In 1982 he and his son John Paul Jr. (1960–2020) won both U.S. classic endurance races, 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring. After his racing career he served a fifteen-year prison sentence for a variety of crimes including drug trafficking and shooting a federal witness. In 2001, he disappeared on his boat while being sought for questioning by officials regarding the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend. Paul's status is unknown."
tagline: "American racing driver"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/John_Paul_Sr.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1939-12-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.2
  momentum:             12.82105773504101
  historical:           6.608069333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Sr."
    title: "John Paul Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جون باول سينيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "جون پول سينيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_senior"
    title: "John Paul senior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Sr._(racing_driver)"
    title: "John Paul Sr. (racing driver)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Sr."
    title: "John Paul Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_sr."
    title: "John Paul sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6252161"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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