# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-walter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:32:57.983Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-walter"
name: "John Walter"
slug: "john-walter"
description: "John Walter was an English newspaper publisher and founder of The Times newspaper, which he launched on 1 January 1785 as The Daily Universal Register. He was born in London and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, then located in London."
tagline: "British publisher; founder of The Times newspaper of London (1738-1812)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_walter.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1738"
deathDate: "1812-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.94
  momentum:             3.949417004930941
  historical:           10.54583066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BA%A6%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E6%B2%83%E5%B0%94%E7%89%B9"
    title: "约翰·沃尔特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "جون والتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_(%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%95)"
    title: "জন ওয়াল্টার (প্রকাশক)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walter_(der_%C3%84ltere)"
    title: "John Walter (der Ältere)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walter_(publisher)"
    title: "John Walter (publisher)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "جان والتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walter"
    title: "John Walter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walter"
    title: "John Walter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walter"
    title: "John Walter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC_(%E5%87%BA%E7%89%88%E6%A5%AD%E8%80%85)"
    title: "ジョン・ウォルター (出版業者)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walter_den_%C3%A4ldre"
    title: "John Walter den äldre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_(%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C)"
    title: "Джон Волтер (видавець)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322295"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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