# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-heyn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:25:01.183Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-heyn"
name: "David Heyn"
slug: "david-heyn"
description: "Peter David Heyn is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 18 unofficial Test matches from 1966 to 1976, and two One Day Internationals in the 1975 World Cup. Heyn is widely regarded as one of the best cover point fielders ever to represent Sri Lanka. In September 2018, he was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers honoured by Sri Lanka Cricket for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC)."
tagline: "Sri Lankan cricketer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DH_UK_May_1975_EX.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1945-06-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.536357333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ڈیوڈ ہین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ডেভিড হেইন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Heyn"
    title: "David Heyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "डेव्हिड हायन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A"
    title: "ඩේවිඩ් හයින්"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B9%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "டேவிட் ஹெயின்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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