Jon Meacham

American journalist and biographer (born 1969)

Person human Q6271233

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[23]
Date of birth: May 20, 1969
Place of birth: Chattanooga
Country of citizenship: United States^[9]
Occupation: journalist, historian, biographer, editor-in-chief, editor, writer, editing staff^[10]^[11]
Employer: Newsweek, Vanderbilt University^[15]^[16]
Field of work: politics, history, faith^[12]^[13]^[14]
Educated at: Sewanee: The University of the South, The McCallie School^[17]^[18]
Award received: Pulitzer Prize for Biography, National Humanities Medal^[19]^[20]
Father: Jere Ellis Meacham^[8]
Official website: jonmeacham.com^[26]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[27]
Affiliation: Vanderbilt Department of Political Science^[28]
Family name: Meacham^[24]
Given name: Jon^[25]
Member of: Phi Beta Kappa Society, Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers^[21]^[22]
P14750: 3C97-6C0D-C37E-9168-B0B1
Social media followers: 256k (63k–256k, n=3)^[29]^[30]^[31]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 57

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VIAF cluster ID: 117329574
Library of Congress authority ID: n00039892
GND ID: 132329921
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Jon meacham 2014.jpg ↗
Amazon author ID: B00QKEF1OU
Awards & Winners artist ID: 0ck3gk
BIBSYS ID: 7055032
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14557431p
BookBub author ID: jon-meacham
C-SPAN person numeric ID: 59191
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated): 59191

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CONOR.SI ID: 67546723
CiNii Research ID: 1140282266594977280
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 132329921
Europeana entity: agent/base/84251
FAST ID: 1555971
Facebook username: meachamjon
FactGrid item ID: Giovanni Battista Savelli
Film.ru person ID: jon-meacham
Freebase ID: /m/0ck3gk
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000136302857837
Goodreads author ID: 3041
Google Play author ID: 0ck3gk
IMDb ID: nm2168751
IdRef ID: 118229494
IxTheo authority ID: 521432162
JRC Names ID: 1276311
KBR person ID: 14374491
Kinobox person ID: 686611
LibraryThing author ID: meachamjon
Muck Rack journalist ID: jon-meacham-1
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA13090345
NDL Authority ID: 001341792
NL CR AUT ID: jo2015885899
NLAI ID: 1590645
NUKAT ID: n2009124613
National Library of Brazil ID: 000421705
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007424983605171
National Library of Korea ID: KAC201949415
National Library of Latvia ID: 000264264
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9812660590305606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 268456399
New York Times topic ID: person/jon-meacham
Notable Names Database ID: 023/000049873
Obálky knih ID: jo2015885899
Open Library ID: OL1516333A
Penguin Random House author ID: 20189
Plex person key: 5d7768b1d11dd30020229b41
Podchaser creator ID: 107Zzr4uZF
Prabook ID: 1453030
RERO ID (legacy): A011780030
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 473477
TMDB person ID: 219813
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJxhtDv4gxmhqMDGfR384q
X (Twitter) username: jmeacham
Yale LUX ID: person/ccb97d71-3e3e-46a8-8465-6bb0a7aa705a

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 6

writer, journalist, historian, editor-in-chief, editor, biographer

Field of work 3

history, politics, faith

Award received 2

Pulitzer Prize for Biography, National Humanities Medal

Employer 2

Newsweek, Vanderbilt University

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Sewanee: The University of the South

Given name 1

Jon

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Member of 1

Phi Beta Kappa Society

Place of birth 1

Chattanooga

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Jon Meacham was born on May 20, 1969^[1], in Chattanooga^[2]. He has worked as a journalist^[3], historian^[4], biographer^[5], editor-in-chief^[6], and editor^[7].

FAQs

Where was Jon Meacham born?

Jon Meacham was born in Chattanooga^[2].

Who were Jon Meacham's parents?

Jon Meacham's father was Jere Ellis Meacham^[8].

What did Jon Meacham do for work?

Jon Meacham worked as a journalist^[3], historian^[4], biographer^[5], editor-in-chief^[6], and editor^[7].

Where did Jon Meacham go to school?

Jon Meacham was educated at Sewanee: The University of the South^[17] and The McCallie School^[18].

What awards did Jon Meacham receive?

Honors received include Pulitzer Prize for Biography^[19] and National Humanities Medal^[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Jon Meacham — place of birth (P19): Chattanooga. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Jon Meacham — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Jon Meacham — father (P22): Jere Ellis Meacham. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Jon Meacham — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Jon Meacham — educated at (P69): Sewanee: The University of the South. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Jon Meacham — educated at (P69): The McCallie School. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Jon Meacham — field of work (P101): politics. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Jon Meacham — field of work (P101): history. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Jon Meacham — field of work (P101): faith. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Jon Meacham — occupation (P106): journalist. Muck Rack. Retrieved 2022-04-03. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Jon Meacham — occupation (P106): historian. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Jon Meacham — occupation (P106): biographer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Jon Meacham — occupation (P106): editor-in-chief. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Jon Meacham — occupation (P106): editor. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-16. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Jon Meacham — occupation (P106): writer. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-16. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Jon Meacham — occupation (P106): editing staff. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Jon Meacham — employer (P108): Newsweek. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Jon Meacham — employer (P108): Vanderbilt University. vanderbilt.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-22. vanderbilt.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Jon Meacham — award received (P166): Pulitzer Prize for Biography. pulitzer.org. pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Jon Meacham — award received (P166): National Humanities Medal. neh.gov. neh.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Jon Meacham — member of (P463): Phi Beta Kappa Society. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Jon Meacham — member of (P463): Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Jon Meacham — date of birth (P569): May 20, 1969. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Jon Meacham — family name (P734): Meacham. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Jon Meacham — given name (P735): Jon. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-13. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Jon Meacham — official website (P856): http://jonmeacham.com. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Jon Meacham — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-03-06. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Jon Meacham — affiliation (P1416): Vanderbilt Department of Political Science. vanderbilt.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-22. vanderbilt.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Jon Meacham — social media followers (P8687): 221,571. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Jon Meacham — social media followers (P8687): 62,937. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Jon Meacham — social media followers (P8687): 256,285. wikidata.org.

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