# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-stowell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:36:20.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-stowell"
name: "Brian Stowell"
slug: "brian-stowell"
description: "Thomas Brian Stowell, also known as Brian Mac Stoyll, was a Manx radio personality, Celticist, physicist, and author. He was formerly Yn Lhaihder to the Parliament of the Isle of Man, Tynwald. He is considered one of the primary people behind the revival of the Manx language."
tagline: "Manx writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brian_Stowell_-_Gaisgeach_na_Gaelg.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1936-09-06"
deathDate: "2019-01-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1895734597156398
  historical:           9.941073333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump