# Burt Munro

> At 68, riding a motorcycle he'd spent two decades rebuilding in his shed, a New Zealander set a land speed record at Bonneville that still hasn't been touched - nearly 60 years later.

*New Zealand motorcycle racer (1899-1978)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/burt-munro

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** New Zealand
- **Born:** 1899-03-25
- **Died:** 1978-01-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Herbert James Munro bought a 1920 Indian Scout the year it rolled off the line and spent the next 20 years tearing it down and reassembling it in Invercargill, working alone. He set his first New Zealand speed record in 1938, then seven more, before turning his attention to the Bonneville Salt Flats. Over ten trips to the Utah desert, he set three American Motorcyclist Association national records. The last came on 26 August 1967 in the 1000cc Streamliner Modified Fuel category - Munro was 68, the machine was 47, and the mark has stood ever since. Roger Donaldson made a short documentary about him in 1971, then returned to the story in 2005 with Anthony Hopkins in The World's Fastest Indian.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 17.8 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 6.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2412739/ (@nm2412739)

## Sources
- [Burt Munro](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1075142)
- [بيرت مونرو (متسابق دراجات ناريه من نيوزيلاندا)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88_(%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7))
- [Burt Munro](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro)
- [Burt Munro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro)
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- [Burt Munro](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro)
- [ברט מונרו](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%98_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A8%D7%95)
- [Burt Munro](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro)
- [Burt Munro](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro)
- [バート・マンロー](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC)
- [Burt Munro](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro)
- [Burt Munro](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro)
- [Burt Munro](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro)
- [Burt Munro](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro)
- [Монро, Берт](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%BE%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82)
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- [柏特·芒羅](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%8F%E7%89%B9%C2%B7%E8%8A%92%E7%BE%85)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443607)

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