# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/diana-barnato-walker
# Generated: 2026-09-01T07:56:22.027Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/diana-barnato-walker"
name: "Diana Barnato Walker"
slug: "diana-barnato-walker"
description: "Diana Barnato Walker MBE FRAeS was a pioneering British aviator. In World War II, she became one of the first women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary, flying 80 types of aircraft and delivering 260 Spitfires. In 1963, she became the first British woman to break the sound barrier, flying at Mach 1.6, which also represented a world air speed record for women."
tagline: "British aviator (1918–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Taxi_Walker.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1918-01-15"
deathDate: "2008-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.573373676248109
  historical:           9.894206666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ڈیانا بارناٹو واکر"
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    title: "ديانا بارناتو ووكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Barnato_Walker"
    title: "Diana Barnato Walker"
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    title: "Diana Barnato Walker"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Barnato_Walker"
    title: "Diana Barnato Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Barnato_Walker"
    title: "Diana Barnato Walker"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Barnato_Walker"
    title: "Diana Barnato Walker"
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    title: "Diana Barnato Walker"
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    title: "Diana Barnato Walker"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Barnato_Walker"
    title: "Diana Barnato Walker"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump