# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/claude-dansey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:19:53.230Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/claude-dansey"
name: "Claude Dansey"
slug: "claude-dansey"
description: "Claude Edward Marjoribanks Dansey,, also known as Colonel Z, Haywood, Uncle Claude, and Z, was a British police constable, soldier, and intelligence officer who served in several foreign wars for the British government. Despite having served HM in intelligence duties on every continent before the First World War – North Borneo, Mexico, Cape Colony, the United States, and Canada, among others – he is most well-known as the creator of the interwar Z Organisation, later becoming the Assistant Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service during the Second World War. He was also a member of the London Controlling Section. He began his career in intelligence in 1895, and remained active until his death."
tagline: "British intelligence officer (1876–1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claude_Dansey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1876-10-21"
deathDate: "1947-06-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.496978666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Dansey"
    title: "Claude Dansey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A"
    title: "كلود دانسي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%89"
    title: "كلود دانسى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Dansey"
    title: "Claude Dansey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Dansey"
    title: "Claude Dansey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4"
    title: "Дэнси, Клод"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2267269"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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