# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-sheene
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:02:27.387Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-sheene"
name: "Barry Sheene"
slug: "barry-sheene"
description: "Barry Steven Frank Sheene was a British professional motorcycle racer and television sports presenter. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing between 1971 and 1984, most prominently as a member of the Suzuki factory racing team where he won two consecutive FIM World Championships in 1976 and 1977. Sheene remains the last British competitor to win the premier class of FIM road racing competitions."
tagline: "British motorcycle racer (1950-2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barry_Sheene_winner.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1950-09-11"
deathDate: "2003-03-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.94
  momentum:             11.88
  historical:           16.02052133333333
  currentAttention:     11.24
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/sheenemovie"
    handle:    "sheenemovie"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/barrysheeneracing/"
    handle:    "barrysheeneracing"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/BarrySheeneRacing"
    handle:    "BarrySheeneRacing"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790694/"
    handle:    "nm0790694"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.sheene.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1975496"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "باري شين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بارى شين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sheene"
    title: "Barry Sheene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sheene"
    title: "Barry Sheene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sheene"
    title: "Barry Sheene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sheene"
    title: "Barry Sheene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sheene"
    title: "Barry Sheene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sheene"
    title: "Barry Sheene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sheene"
    title: "Barry Sheene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sheene"
    title: "Barry Sheene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sheene"
    title: "Barry Sheene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "バリー・シーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sheene"
    title: "Barry Sheene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sheene"
    title: "Barry Sheene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sheene"
    title: "Barry Sheene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barry_Sheene"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barry_Sheene"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726321"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52210"
    title: "Barry Sheene"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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