# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cecil-brown
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:31:55.135Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cecil-brown"
name: "Cecil Brown"
slug: "cecil-brown"
description: "Cecil Brown was an American journalist and war correspondent who worked closely with Edward R. Murrow during World War II. He was the author of the book Suez to Singapore, which describes the sinking of HMS Repulse in December 1941. He also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to radio."
tagline: "American war correspondent"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cecil_Brown.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1907-09-14"
deathDate: "1987-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.41
  momentum:             0.1098901098901099
  historical:           5.473290666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Brown_(journalist)"
    title: "Cecil Brown (journalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%8A)"
    title: "سيسيل براون (صحفي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%89)"
    title: "سيسيل براون (صحفى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Brown"
    title: "Cecil Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Brown"
    title: "Cecil Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Brown"
    title: "Cecil Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5055977"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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