# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anthony-holden
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:21:41.228Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/anthony-holden"
name: "Anthony Holden"
slug: "anthony-holden"
description: "Anthony Ivan Holden was an English writer, broadcaster and literary critic, particularly known as a biographer of artists including Shakespeare, Tchaikovsky, essayist Leigh Hunt, opera librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte and actor Laurence Olivier, and of members of the British royal family, notably Charles, Prince of Wales. Holden also published translations of opera and Ancient Greek poetry, as well as several autobiographical books about poker. In 2009, he was elected the first President of the International Federation of Match Poker (IFMP)."
tagline: "British writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1947-05-22"
deathDate: "2023-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.279482666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Holden"
    title: "Anthony Holden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "أنطوني هولدن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Holden"
    title: "Anthony Holden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anthony_Holden"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Holden"
    title: "Anthony Holden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Holden"
    title: "Anthony Holden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4772725"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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