# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-barber
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:44:33.280Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-barber"
name: "Bob Barber"
slug: "bob-barber"
description: "Robert William \"Bob\" Barber is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, Lancashire and Warwickshire from 1954 to 1969. He also played 28 Test matches for England. He was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1967.\nAn outstanding schoolboy cricketer at Ruthin School, Barber initially struggled to gain a place whilst at Cambridge after making his debut in 1955. Scoring 1000 runs for the first time in 1959, Barber was made captain of Lancashire."
tagline: "English Test and County cricketer (born 1935)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1935-09-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.12
  momentum:             1.715210355987055
  historical:           4.879698666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Bob Barber (cricketer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "بوب باربير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%AC_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0"
    title: "বব বারবার"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1_(%DA%A9%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%B9_%DA%A9%DA%BE%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%91%DB%8C)"
    title: "باب باربر (کرکٹ کھلاڑی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%AC_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0"
    title: "बॉब बार्बर"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "பொப் பாபர்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3528485"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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