# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-walsh-q6262859
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:55:54.438Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-walsh-q6262859"
name: "John Walsh"
slug: "john-walsh-q6262859"
description: "John Edward Walsh, Jr. is an American television presenter, victims' rights activist, and the host/creator of America's Most Wanted. He is known for his anti-crime activism, with which he became involved following the murder of his son, Adam, in 1981; in 2008, deceased serial killer Ottis Toole was officially named as Adam's killer. Walsh was part-owner of the now defunct National Museum of Crime and Punishment in Washington, D.C. He also anchored an investigative documentary series, The Hunt with John Walsh, which debuted on CNN in 2014."
tagline: "American television host, crime victims activist and crime investigator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Walsh.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1945-12-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.09
  momentum:             1.792174343734522
  historical:           10.47608933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0909696/"
    handle:    "nm0909696"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walsh"
    title: "John Walsh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4_(%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89)"
    title: "جون والش (محامى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%86%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4"
    title: "جۆن والش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walsh_(Moderator)"
    title: "John Walsh (Moderator)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walsh_(television_host)"
    title: "John Walsh (television host)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walsh_(animateur_am%C3%A9ricain)"
    title: "John Walsh (animateur américain)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%A7%D5%A4%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4_%D5%88%D6%82%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%B7"
    title: "Ջոն էդվարդ Ուոլշ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walsh_(apresentador_de_televis%C3%A3o)"
    title: "John Walsh (apresentador de televisão)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%88%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%B9)"
    title: "Уолш, Джон (телеведущий)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1326767"
    title: "John Walsh"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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