# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-van-druten
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:08:56.111Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-van-druten"
name: "John Van Druten"
slug: "john-van-druten"
description: "John William Van Druten was an English playwright and theatre director. He began his career in London, and later moved to America, becoming a U.S. citizen. He was known for his plays of witty and urbane observations of contemporary life and society."
tagline: "British actor and playwright (1901-1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Van_Druten.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1901-06-01"
deathDate: "1957-12-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.701946666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0886668/"
    handle:    "nm0886668"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1494873"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جون ڤان دروتين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Van_Druten"
    title: "John Van Druten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Van_Druten"
    title: "John Van Druten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "جان فن دروتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Van_Druten"
    title: "John Van Druten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Van_Druten"
    title: "John Van Druten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Van_Druten"
    title: "John William Van Druten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2695518"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20599"
    title: "John Van Druten"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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