# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-thierry
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:22:10.824Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-thierry"
name: "John Thierry"
slug: "john-thierry"
description: "John Fitzgerald Thierry was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 1994 NFL draft. A 6-foot-4-inch (1.93 m), 263-pound (119 kg) linebacker from Alcorn State University, Thierry was moved to defensive end and played in nine NFL seasons from 1994 to 2002."
tagline: "American football player (1971-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Thierry_Cleveland_Browns_New_Uniform_Unveiling_(16534129443).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1971-09-04"
deathDate: "2017-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.41
  momentum:             3.75
  historical:           5.479518666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thierry"
    title: "John Thierry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A"
    title: "جون تييري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "جون تييرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thierry"
    title: "John Thierry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thierry"
    title: "John Thierry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thierry"
    title: "John Thierry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6260476"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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