# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-silber
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:02:58.835Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-silber"
name: "John Silber"
slug: "john-silber"
description: "John Robert Silber was an American academician and candidate for public office. From 1971 to 1996, he was President of Boston University (BU) and, from 1996 to 2002, Chancellor. From 2002 to 2003, he again served as President ; and, from 2003 until his death, he held the title of President Emeritus."
tagline: "President of Boston University"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Silber_(6789866467).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1926-08-15"
deathDate: "2012-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.498130666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Silber"
    title: "John Silber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جون سيلبير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "جان سیلبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "جان سیلبر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Silber"
    title: "John Silber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Silber"
    title: "John Silber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6257847"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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