# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-wesley-hardin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:31:31.407Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-wesley-hardin"
name: "John Wesley Hardin"
slug: "john-wesley-hardin"
description: "John Wesley Hardin was an American Old West outlaw, gunfighter, lawyer and controversial folk icon. Hardin often got into trouble with the law from an early age. He killed his first man at the age of 15, claiming he did so in self-defense."
tagline: "American Old West character (1853–1895)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Wesley_Hardin.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1853-05-26"
deathDate: "1895-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.78
  momentum:             0.6640434853155932
  historical:           16.87973733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 64
sources:
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    title: "Wes Hardin"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Wesley Hardin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_Hardin"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_Hardin"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John W. Hardin"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_Hardin"
    title: "John Wesley Hardin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "존 웨슬리 하딘"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Wesley Hardin"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_Hardin"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A3%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B8"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump