# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-robert-gregg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:59:27.518Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-robert-gregg"
name: "John Robert Gregg"
slug: "john-robert-gregg"
description: "John Robert Gregg was an Irish-born American educator, publisher, and inventor, best known as the creator of the eponymous shorthand writing system, Gregg shorthand. Developed in the late 19th century and refined over several decades, Gregg shorthand became one of the most widely used systems of shorthand in the English-speaking world, particularly in business and educational settings during the 20th century."
tagline: "Irish inventor and writer (1867-1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Robert_Gregg_LOC_33970.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1867-06-17"
deathDate: "1948-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.95090133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John Robert Gregg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Robert Gregg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robert_Gregg"
    title: "John Robert Gregg"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robert_Gregg"
    title: "John Robert Gregg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robert_Gregg"
    title: "John Robert Gregg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robert_Gregg"
    title: "John Robert Gregg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robert_Gregg"
    title: "John Robert Gregg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Robertus_Gregg"
    title: "Ioannes Robertus Gregg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Robert Gregg"
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    title: "John Robert Gregg"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump