# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/a-n-hornby
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:18:21.629Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/a-n-hornby"
name: "A. N. Hornby"
slug: "a-n-hornby"
description: "Albert Neilson Hornby, nicknamed Monkey Hornby was one of the best-known sportsmen in England during the nineteenth century excelling in both rugby and cricket. He was the first of only two men to captain the country at both rugby and cricket but is also remembered as the England cricket captain whose side lost the Test match which gave rise to the Ashes, at home against the Australians in 1882. Additionally, he played football for Blackburn Rovers."
tagline: "Cricket player of England. (1847-1925)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AN_Hornby_c1895.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1847-02-10"
deathDate: "1925-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.476854666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "اے۔ این۔ ہارنبے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ايه ان هورنبى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "এ. এন. হর্নবি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_Hornby"
    title: "Monkey Hornby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._N._Hornby"
    title: "A. N. Hornby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آلبرت هورنبی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_Hornby"
    title: "Monkey Hornby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ए.एन. हॉर्न्बी"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ஏ. என். ஹோன்பீ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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