# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alistair-cooke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:57:57.244Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alistair-cooke"
name: "Alistair Cooke"
slug: "alistair-cooke"
description: "Alistair Cooke, KBE was a British-American writer whose work as a journalist, television personality and radio broadcaster was done primarily in the United States. Outside his journalistic output, which included Letter from America and America: A Personal History of the United States, he was well known in the United States as the host of PBS Masterpiece Theatre from 1971 to 1992. After holding the job for 22 years, and having worked in television for 42 years, Cooke retired in 1992, although he continued to present Letter from America until shortly before his death. He is the father of author and folk singer John Byrne Cooke."
tagline: "British journalist and broadcaster (1908-2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alistair_Cooke%2C_head-and-shoulders_portrait%2C_facing_front%2C_gesturing_with_left_hand%2C_during_interview%2C_March_18%2C_1974.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1908-11-20"
deathDate: "2004-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.430830039525692
  historical:           14.166536
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0177362/"
    handle:    "nm0177362"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump