# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-suckling
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:38:41.528Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-suckling"
name: "John Suckling"
slug: "john-suckling"
description: "Sir John Suckling was an English poet, prominent among those renowned for careless gaiety and wit – the accomplishments of a cavalier poet. He also invented the card game cribbage. He is best known for his poem \"Ballade upon a Wedding\"."
tagline: "English poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_John_Suckling_by_Sir_Anthony_Van_Dyck.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1609-02-10"
deathDate: "1642-06-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.36324933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جون سكلنج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون سكلنج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Suckling"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Suckling"
    title: "John Suckling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Τζον Σάκλινγκ (ποιητής)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Suckling (poet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Suckling"
    title: "John Suckling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جان ساکلینگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Suckling"
    title: "John Suckling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Suckling_(po%C3%A8te)"
    title: "John Suckling (poète)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ջոն Սաքլինգ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Suckling"
    title: "John Suckling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Suckling"
    title: "John Suckling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Саклинг, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Suckling (poet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Suckling"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Suckling"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2339246"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump