# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/burt-munro
# Generated: 2026-08-31T18:38:52.113Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/burt-munro"
name: "Burt Munro"
slug: "burt-munro"
description: "Herbert James Munro was a motorcycle racer from New Zealand, famous for setting a motorcycle speed record in the 1000cc Streamliner Modified Fuel category, at Bonneville, on 26 August 1967. This record still stands as of May 2026; Munro was 68 and was riding a 47-year-old machine when he set his last record."
tagline: "New Zealand motorcycle racer (1899–1978)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Burt_Munro.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1899-03-25"
deathDate: "1978-01-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.78
  momentum:             2.616608627132
  historical:           18.78686
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  85
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2412739/"
    handle:    "nm2412739"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيرت مونرو (متسابق دراجات ناريه من نيوزيلاندا)"
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    title: "Burt Munro"
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    title: "Burt Munro"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro"
    title: "Burt Munro"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro"
    title: "Burt Munro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro"
    title: "Burt Munro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Burt Munro"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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