# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-sinclair
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:20:59.299Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-sinclair"
name: "John Sinclair"
slug: "john-sinclair"
description: "John Alexander Sinclair Jr. was an American poet, writer, and political activist from Flint, Michigan. Sinclair's defining style is jazz poetry, and he released most of his works in audio formats. Most of his pieces include musical accompaniment, usually by a varying group of collaborators dubbed Blues Scholars."
tagline: "American poet (1941–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Sinclair08100.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1941-10-02"
deathDate: "2024-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.87
  momentum:             5.082322357019065
  historical:           15.11729866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/john_sinclair"
    handle:    "john_sinclair"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801649/"
    handle:    "nm0801649"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnsinclair.us"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جون سنكلير (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair_(b%C3%A1sn%C3%ADk)"
    title: "John Sinclair (básník)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair_(Anarchist)"
    title: "John Sinclair (Anarchist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair_(poet)"
    title: "John Sinclair (poet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair"
    title: "John Sinclair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%B1_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B1)"
    title: "جان سینکلر (شاعر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair_(runoilija)"
    title: "John Sinclair (runoilija)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair_(po%C3%A8te)"
    title: "John Sinclair (poète)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%8D%D5%AB%D5%B6%D6%84%D5%AC%D5%A5%D6%80"
    title: "Ջոն Սինքլեր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair_(poeta)"
    title: "John Sinclair (poeta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A2_(%E8%A9%A9%E4%BA%BA)"
    title: "ジョン・シンクレア (詩人)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair_(dichter)"
    title: "John Sinclair (dichter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair"
    title: "John Sinclair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Синклер, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair_(poet)"
    title: "John Sinclair (poet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sinclair"
    title: "John Sinclair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706977"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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