# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-w-carlin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:30:13.378Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-w-carlin"
name: "John W. Carlin"
slug: "john-w-carlin"
description: "John William Carlin is an American educator and politician who served as the 40th governor of Kansas from 1979 to 1987, and the archivist of the United States from May 30, 1995, to February 15, 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Carlin teaches at Kansas State University as a visiting professor and previously operated a website to advance civic engagement."
tagline: "American politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Carlin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1940-08-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.66
  momentum:             22.37296260786194
  historical:           5.731898666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "John W. Carlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%86"
    title: "جون دبليو. كارلن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88._%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "جان دبلیو. کارلین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Carlin"
    title: "John W. Carlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Carlin"
    title: "John W. Carlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Carlin"
    title: "John W. Carlin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1702040"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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