# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-sirica
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:21:13.515Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-sirica"
name: "John Sirica"
slug: "john-sirica"
description: "John Joseph Sirica was an American lawyer and jurist who was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1957 to 1992. Sirica became known in the early 1970s for presiding over the federal criminal trials relating to the origins of the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon."
tagline: "American judge (1904-1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Sirica_(Gerald_Ford_Library).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1904-03-19"
deathDate: "1992-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.97
  momentum:             4.741379310344828
  historical:           11.39658533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 225
sources:
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    title: "Сирика, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "جون سيريكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "جون سيريكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sirica"
    title: "John Sirica"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sirica"
    title: "John Sirica"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sirica"
    title: "John Sirica"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sirica"
    title: "John Sirica"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sirica"
    title: "John Sirica"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sirica"
    title: "John Sirica"
    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%AA%E3%82%AB"
    title: "ジョン・シリカ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EC%8B%9C%EB%A6%AC%EC%B9%B4"
    title: "존 시리카"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sirica"
    title: "John Sirica"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sirica"
    title: "John Sirica"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705980"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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