# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-wheeler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:26:07.659Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-wheeler"
name: "Charles Wheeler"
slug: "charles-wheeler"
description: "Sir Selwyn Charles Cornelius-Wheeler was a German-born British journalist and broadcaster. Having joined the BBC in 1947, he became the corporation's longest-serving foreign correspondent, remaining in the role until his death. Wheeler also had spells as presenter of several BBC current affairs television programmes, including Newsnight and Panorama."
tagline: "British journalist and broadcaster (1923-2008)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Charles_Wheeler.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1923-03-15"
deathDate: "2008-07-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.67
  momentum:             10
  historical:           2.972038666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  68
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "تشارلز وايلير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wheeler_(journalist)"
    title: "Charles Wheeler (journalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wheeler_(journalist)"
    title: "Charles Wheeler (journalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5083483"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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