# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dedan-kimathi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:16:18.571Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dedan-kimathi"
name: "Dedan Kimathi"
slug: "dedan-kimathi"
description: "Dedan Kĩmathi Waciũri was the leader of the Kenya Land and Freedom Army during the Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960) against the British colonial rule in Kenya in the 1950s. He was captured by the British in 1956 and executed in 1957. Kenya gained independence in 1963. Kĩmathi is credited with leading efforts to create formal military structures within the Mau Mau, and convening a war council in 1953. He, along with Baimungi M'marete, Musa Mwariama, Kubu Kubu, General China and Mũthoni Kīrīma, was one of the Field Marshals."
tagline: "Kenyan leader during the Mau Mau Uprising (1920–1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Statue_of_Dedan_Kimathi_Nairobi%2C_Kenya.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1920-10-31"
deathDate: "1957-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.793212
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Dedan Kimathi"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump