# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-tjaarda
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:45:48.301Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-tjaarda"
name: "John Tjaarda"
slug: "john-tjaarda"
description: "Joop \"Jan\" Tjaarda van Starkenburg, later known as John Tjaarda van Sterkenburg, was a Dutch product and automotive designer and stylist in the United States."
tagline: "American car designer (1897-1962)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Briggs_or_Tjaarda_car_Patent_Application_Drawing_5.jpg/330px-Briggs_or_Tjaarda_car_Patent_Application_Drawing_5.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1897-02-04"
deathDate: "1962"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.675774666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tjaarda"
    title: "John Tjaarda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tjaarda"
    title: "John Tjaarda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tjaarda"
    title: "John Tjaarda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tjaarda"
    title: "John Tjaarda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80"
    title: "ジョン・ジャーダ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tjaarda"
    title: "John Tjaarda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16000425"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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