# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-weitz
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:56:06.942Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-weitz"
name: "John Weitz"
slug: "john-weitz"
description: "Hans Werner \"John\" Weitz was an American menswear designer who initiated licensing products and selling affordable but stylish clothing that featured his image in the advertising. He had a second career as a writer and historian. Weitz was also well known for being the husband of actress Susan Kohner and father of directors Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz."
tagline: "American menswear designer (1923-2002)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/14/Hans_Werner_%22John%22_Weitz.jpg/330px-Hans_Werner_%22John%22_Weitz.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Designers"
  slug: "designers"
profileType:
  name: "Designer"
  slug: "designer"
birthDate: "1923-05-25"
deathDate: "2002-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.9
  momentum:             7.186863543788189
  historical:           4.657996
  currentAttention:     34.72222222222223
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "جون ويتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Weitz"
    title: "John Weitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Weitz"
    title: "John Weitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Weitz"
    title: "John Weitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Weitz"
    title: "John Weitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20876433"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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