# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andrew-neil
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:02:41.562Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andrew-neil"
name: "Andrew Neil"
slug: "andrew-neil"
description: "Andrew Ferguson Neil is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster. He has presented various political programmes on the BBC and on Channel 4. Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Neil attended Paisley Grammar School, before studying at the University of Glasgow. He entered journalism in 1973 as a correspondent for The Economist."
tagline: "Scottish journalist and broadcaster"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrew_Neil_FT_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1949-05-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.5
  momentum:             15
  historical:           10.48339733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/afneil"
    handle:    "afneil"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0624665/"
    handle:    "nm0624665"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "أندرو نيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "اندرو نيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Neil"
    title: "Andrew Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Neil"
    title: "Andrew Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Neil"
    title: "Andrew Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "اندرو نیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Neil"
    title: "Andrew Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Neil"
    title: "Andrew Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Neil"
    title: "Andrew Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Neil"
    title: "Andrew Neil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Andrew_Neil"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4758108"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/219762"
    title: "Andrew Neil"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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