# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-r-saul
# Generated: 2026-09-01T03:34:05.731Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-r-saul"
name: "John R. Saul"
slug: "john-r-saul"
description: "John Ralston Saul is a Canadian writer, political philosopher, and public intellectual. Saul is most widely known for his writings on the nature of individualism, citizenship and the public good; the failures of manager-led societies; the confusion between leadership and managerialism; military strategy, in particular irregular warfare; the role of freedom of speech and culture; and critiques of the prevailing economic paradigm. He is a champion of freedom of expression and was the International President of PEN International, an association of writers. Saul is the co-founder and co-chair of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, a national charity promoting the inclusion of new citizens. He is also the co-founder and co-chair of 6 Degrees, the global forum for inclusion. Saul is also the husband to the former governor general Adrienne Clarkson, making him the Viceregal consort of Canada during most of her service (1999–2005)."
tagline: "Canadian writer, International PEN president and public intellectual"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Ralston_Saul_in_2006_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-06-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             4.037122969837586
  historical:           14.95036666666667
  currentAttention:     22.42846094354215
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump