# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chad-varah
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:58:46.063Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chad-varah"
name: "Chad Varah"
slug: "chad-varah"
description: "Edward Chad Varah was an English Anglican priest and social activist from England. In 1953, he founded the Samaritans, the world's first crisis hotline, to provide telephone support to those contemplating suicide."
tagline: "English Anglican priest (1911-2007)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6f/Varah190.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1911-11-12"
deathDate: "2007-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.68
  momentum:             7.5
  historical:           6.396081333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1628383/"
    handle:    "nm1628383"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%A5%E5%85%8B%C2%B7%E7%93%A6%E6%8B%89"
    title: "查克·瓦拉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87"
    title: "تشاد ڤاراه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Varah"
    title: "Chad Varah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Varah"
    title: "Chad Varah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Varah"
    title: "Chad Varah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Varah"
    title: "Chad Varah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "チャド・ヴァラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q725542"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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