# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/claud-cockburn
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:41:33.878Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/claud-cockburn"
name: "Claud Cockburn"
slug: "claud-cockburn"
description: "Francis Claud Cockburn was a British journalist. His saying \"believe nothing until it has been officially denied\" is widely quoted in journalistic studies, but he did not claim credit for originating it. He was the second cousin, once removed, of the novelists Alec Waugh and Evelyn Waugh. He lived at Brook Lodge, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland."
tagline: "British journalist (1904-1981)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1904-04-12"
deathDate: "1981-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.31
  momentum:             16.60933448573898
  historical:           9.041776
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0375900/"
    handle:    "nm0375900"
sources:
  - url: "https://li.wikiquote.org/wiki/Claud_Cockburn"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Клод Кокбърн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claud_Cockburn"
    title: "Claud Cockburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claud_Cockburn"
    title: "Claud Cockburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claud_Cockburn"
    title: "Claud Cockburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claud_Cockburn"
    title: "Claud Cockburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%BD_%D4%BF%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%A4_%D5%94%D5%B8%D6%84%D5%A2%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B6"
    title: "Ֆրենսիս Կլոդ Քոքբերն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Коберн, Клод"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1195488"
    title: "Claud Cockburn"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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