# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brian-whittle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:40:28.718Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brian-whittle"
name: "Brian Whittle"
slug: "brian-whittle"
description: "Brian Ian Whittle is a Scottish politician and former athlete, who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South Scotland region from 2016 to 2026. A member of the Scottish Conservatives, he served as Shadow Minister for Public Health, Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport."
tagline: "British athlete and politician (born 1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BrianWhittleMSP.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1964-04-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.357237333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/BrianWhittle"
    handle:    "BrianWhittle"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Whittle"
    title: "Brian Whittle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%84"
    title: "بريان وايتل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Whittle"
    title: "Brian Whittle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Whittle"
    title: "Brian Whittle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Whittle"
    title: "Brian Whittle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Whittle"
    title: "Brian Whittle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Whittle"
    title: "Brian Whittle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514743"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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