# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wovoka
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:26:07.739Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wovoka"
name: "Wovoka"
slug: "wovoka"
description: "Wovoka, also known as Jack Wilson, was the Paiute religious leader who founded a second episode of the Ghost Dance movement. Wovoka means \"cutter\" or \"wood cutter\" in the Northern Paiute language."
tagline: "Founder of the Ghost Dance movement (1856–1932)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wovoka_Paiute_Shaman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1856"
deathDate: "1932-09-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           17.64954133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wovoka"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump