# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adolph-malan
# Generated: 2026-09-08T19:38:05.233Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adolph-malan"
name: "Adolph Malan"
slug: "adolph-malan"
description: "Adolph Gysbert Malan,, better known as Sailor Malan, was a South African fighter pilot and flying ace in the Royal Air Force (RAF) who led No. 74 Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain. He finished his fighter career in 1941 with twenty-seven destroyed, seven shared destroyed and two unconfirmed, three probables and sixteen damaged. At the time he was the RAF's leading ace, and one of the highest-scoring pilots to have served wholly with RAF Fighter Command during the Second World War."
tagline: "South African flying ace (1910–1963)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Group_Captain_A_G_Malan_WWII_IWM_CH_12661.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1910-03-24"
deathDate: "1963-09-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.54
  momentum:             1.547412431267595
  historical:           10.32966666666667
  currentAttention:     7.263922518159806
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84"
    title: "Мэлан, Адольф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Malan"
    title: "Sailor Malan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Malan"
    title: "Adolph Malan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Malan"
    title: "Adolph Malan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Malan"
    title: "Adolph Malan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Malan"
    title: "Sailor Malan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "آدولف مالان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Malan"
    title: "Adolph Malan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Malan"
    title: "Adolph Malan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3"
    title: "アドルフ・マラン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Malan"
    title: "Adolph Malan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Malan"
    title: "Sailor Malan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3538748"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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