# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-wesley-dafoe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:01:03.537Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-wesley-dafoe"
name: "John Wesley Dafoe"
slug: "john-wesley-dafoe"
description: "John Wesley Dafoe was a Canadian journalist. From 1901 to 1944 he was the editor of the Manitoba Free Press, later named the Winnipeg Free Press. He also wrote several books, including a biography of Sir Wilfrid Laurier."
tagline: "Canadian journalist (1866-1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Wesley_Dafoe.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1866-03-08"
deathDate: "1944-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.936969333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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%B3%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%88"
    title: "جون ويسلى دافو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_Dafoe"
    title: "John Wesley Dafoe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_Dafoe"
    title: "John Wesley Dafoe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BBW%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジョン・W・デフォー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6263534"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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