# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-wise
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:30:00.149Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-wise"
name: "John Wise"
slug: "john-wise"
description: "John Wise was a pioneer in the field of ballooning. He made over 400 flights during his lifetime and was responsible for several innovations in balloon design. His balloon, The Jupiter, carried 123 letters to make the first official airmail delivery run for the US Post Office in 1859."
tagline: "American pioneer in the field of ballooning (1808-1879)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnwise.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1808-02-24"
deathDate: "1879-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.23
  momentum:             0.4725609756097561
  historical:           6.558065333333334
  currentAttention:     10.52
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wise"
    title: "John Wise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B2_(%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%AF)"
    title: "جون وايز (قائد منطاد)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wise_(Ballonfahrer)"
    title: "John Wise (Ballonfahrer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AC%CE%B9%CF%82_(%CE%B1%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82)"
    title: "Τζον Γουάις (αεροναυτικός)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wise_(balloonist)"
    title: "John Wise (balloonist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ジョン・ワイズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B7%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Уайз, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357722"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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