# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-robert-dunn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:57:34.162Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-robert-dunn"
name: "John Robert Dunn"
slug: "john-robert-dunn"
description: "John Robert Dunn was a South African hunter and diplomat of British descent. Born in Port Alfred in 1834, he spent his childhood in Port Natal/Durban. He was orphaned as a teenager, and lived in native dress on the land near the Tugela River. His conversance with Zulu customs and language allowed his increasing influence among Zulu princes."
tagline: "South African hunter, settler and diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Dunn00.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1834"
deathDate: "1895-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.57
  momentum:             18.70229007633588
  historical:           5.531286666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robert_Dunn"
    title: "John Robert Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dunn"
    title: "John Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جون روبرت دان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robert_Dunn"
    title: "John Robert Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robert_Dunn"
    title: "John Robert Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robert_Dunn"
    title: "John Robert Dunn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15054996"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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