# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-peurifoy
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:59:55.594Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-peurifoy"
name: "John Peurifoy"
slug: "john-peurifoy"
description: "John Emil Peurifoy was an American diplomat and ambassador in the early years of the Cold War. He served as ambassador to Greece, Thailand, and Guatemala. In this latter country, he was serving during the 1954 coup that overthrew the democratic government of Jacobo Arbenz."
tagline: "United States government official and diplomat (1907–1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Peurifoy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1907-08-09"
deathDate: "1955-08-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.99
  momentum:             3.031914893617022
  historical:           6.359793333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peurifoy"
    title: "John Peurifoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81%D9%88%DB%8C"
    title: "جان پوریفوی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Emil_Peurifoy"
    title: "John Emil Peurifoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%A0%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%85"
    title: "Τζον Πιουριφόυ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peurifoy"
    title: "John Peurifoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peurifoy"
    title: "John Peurifoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Emil_Peurifoy"
    title: "John Emil Peurifoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374683"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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