# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-taliaferro-thompson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:33:15.626Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-taliaferro-thompson"
name: "John Taliaferro Thompson"
slug: "john-taliaferro-thompson"
description: "John Taliaferro Thompson was a United States Army officer known for being the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun, widely known as the \"Tommy gun.\""
tagline: "United States Army officer (1860-1940)"
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birthDate: "1860-12-31"
deathDate: "1940-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump