# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-peter-zenger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:12:44.629Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-peter-zenger"
name: "John Peter Zenger"
slug: "john-peter-zenger"
description: "John Peter Zenger (October 26, 1697 – July 28, 1746) was a German printer and journalist in New York City. Zenger printed The New York Weekly Journal. He was accused of libel in 1734 by William Cosby, the royal governor of New York, but the jury acquitted Zenger, who became a symbol for freedom of the press."
tagline: "German printer and journalist in New York City"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Peter_Zenger_trial.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
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  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1697-10-26"
deathDate: "1746-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             15
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  currentAttention:     16.12
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump