# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-seigenthaler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:50:12.455Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-seigenthaler"
name: "John Seigenthaler"
slug: "john-seigenthaler"
description: "John Lawrence Seigenthaler was an American journalist, writer, and political figure. He was known as a prominent defender of First Amendment rights."
tagline: "American journalist, writer, and political figure (1927-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Seigenthaler_Sr._speaking.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1927-07-27"
deathDate: "2014-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.13413066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3158266/"
    handle:    "nm3158266"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "جون سيجنثالر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جون سيجينثالير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler_senior"
    title: "John Seigenthaler senior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler"
    title: "John Seigenthaler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler"
    title: "John Seigenthaler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler"
    title: "John Seigenthaler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler"
    title: "John Seigenthaler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler"
    title: "John Seigenthaler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A3%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A9%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A5%D6%80"
    title: "Ջոն Սայգենթալեր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジョン・ローレンス・シーゲンソーラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EC%8B%9C%EA%B2%90%EC%84%A4%EB%9F%AC"
    title: "존 시겐설러"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler"
    title: "John Seigenthaler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Сайгенталер, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler"
    title: "John Seigenthaler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler"
    title: "John Seigenthaler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Джон Сайгенталер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%86%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "جان سیگنتھیلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler%2C_Sr."
    title: "John Seigenthaler, Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BA%A6%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E5%B8%AD%E6%A0%B9%E5%A1%94%E5%8B%92"
    title: "约翰·席根塔勒"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q714162"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2922775"
    title: "John Seigenthaler"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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