# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-wainwright
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:11:02.854Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-wainwright"
name: "John Wainwright"
slug: "john-wainwright"
description: "John William Wainwright was an English crime novelist and author of 83 books, four of which have been published under the pen name Jack Ripley. He also wrote some short stories, seven radio plays, and an indefinite amount of magazine articles and newspaper columns."
tagline: "British writer (1921–1995)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1921-02-25"
deathDate: "1995-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.212096000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906538/"
    handle:    "nm0906538"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f0dbee78-e972-40e8-8ff4-064f914bf5c1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%81)"
    title: "جون وينرايت (مؤلف)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wainwright"
    title: "John Wainwright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wainwright_(author)"
    title: "John Wainwright (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wainwright"
    title: "John Wainwright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wainwright"
    title: "John Wainwright"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82"
    title: "Джон Вейнрайт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Wainwright"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1702178"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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