# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-tillett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:26:05.681Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-tillett"
name: "Ben Tillett"
slug: "ben-tillett"
description: "Benjamin Tillett was a British socialist, trade union leader and politician. He was a leader of the \"new unionism\" of 1889, that focused on organizing unskilled workers. He played a major role in founding the Dockers Union, and played a prominent role as a strike leader in dock strikes in 1911 and 1912. He enthusiastically supported the war effort in the First World War. He was pushed aside by Ernest Bevin during the consolidation that created the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1922, who gave Tillett a subordinate position. Scholars stress his evangelical dedication to the labour cause, while noting his administrative weaknesses. Clegg Fox and Thompson described him as a demagogue and agitator grasping for fleeting popularity."
tagline: "British politician (1860-1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BenTillett.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1860-09-11"
deathDate: "1943-01-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.877502666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Tillett"
    title: "Ben Tillett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "بين تيليت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Tillett"
    title: "Ben Tillett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Tillett"
    title: "Ben Tillett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Tillett"
    title: "Ben Tillett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%98"
    title: "בן טילט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Tillett"
    title: "Benjamin Tillett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%9E%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D"
    title: "ബഞ്ചമിൻ ടില്ലറ്റ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Tillett"
    title: "Benjamin Tillett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3595574"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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