# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-y-brown-sr
# Generated: 2026-09-01T08:40:35.858Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-y-brown-sr"
name: "John Y. Brown, Sr."
slug: "john-y-brown-sr"
description: "John Young Brown was an American attorney and politician. He was a state representative for six two-year terms, serving one as speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1932 and as majority floor leader in 1966, during the term of Governor Edward T. Breathitt. He was elected to one term in the U.S. House of Representatives from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1935, to an at-large seat elected statewide on a general ticket. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Kentucky in 1939 and the party's unsuccessful nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1946 and 1966. He lost five Democratic primaries for the Senate, the last one in 1968."
tagline: "American attorney and politician, Kentucky (1900-1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Y._Brown_Sr.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1900-02-01"
deathDate: "1985-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.23
  momentum:             1.421052631578948
  historical:           6.361809333333333
  currentAttention:     7.894736842105264
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Y._Brown_(1900%E2%80%931985)"
    title: "John Y. Brown (1900–1985)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%89._%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89)"
    title: "جون واى. برون (محامى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C._%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86.%D8%A7%D8%B3."
    title: "جان وای. براون.اس."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Y._Brown_senior"
    title: "John Y. Brown senior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Y._Brown_Sr."
    title: "John Y. Brown Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%99._%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%91"
    title: "ג'ון י. בראון האב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Y._Brown_Sr."
    title: "John Y. Brown Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1702236"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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