# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-schnatter
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:26:28.847Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-schnatter"
name: "John Schnatter"
slug: "john-schnatter"
description: "John Hampton \"Papa John\" Schnatter is an American entrepreneur who founded the Papa John's pizza restaurant chain in 1984. Schnatter started the business in the back of his father's tavern after selling his car and using the proceeds to purchase used restaurant equipment. As of 2017, his net worth was more than $1 billion."
tagline: "American entrepreneur, founder of Papa John's"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Schnatter_at_Charlotte_Motor_Speedway_2013_(8929996982).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1961-11-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.030678666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/IAmPapaJohn"
    handle:    "IAmPapaJohn"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/thepapajohnschnatter/"
    handle:    "thepapajohnschnatter"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7598911/"
    handle:    "nm7598911"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Schnatter"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جون ستشناتير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schnatter"
    title: "John Schnatter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schnatter"
    title: "John Schnatter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "جان اشناتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schnatter"
    title: "John Schnatter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schnatter"
    title: "John Schnatter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schnatter"
    title: "John Schnatter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6256904"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4444799"
    title: "John Schnatterly"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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