# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dick-taverne
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:34:52.515Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dick-taverne"
name: "Dick Taverne"
slug: "dick-taverne"
description: "Dick Taverne, Baron Taverne was a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln from 1962 to 1974. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he was a Labour MP until his deselection in 1972, following which he resigned his seat and won the subsequent by-election in 1973 as a Democratic Labour candidate."
tagline: "English barrister; Liberal Democrat life peer (1928-2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Taverne_crop_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1928-10-18"
deathDate: "2025-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.06
  momentum:             0.7142857142857143
  historical:           7.692118666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Dick Taverne"
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    title: "ديك تاڤيرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dick Taverne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dick Taverne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dick Taverne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Taverne"
    title: "Dick Taverne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Taverne"
    title: "Dick Taverne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Taverne%2C_Baron_Taverne"
    title: "Dick Taverne, Baron Taverne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Taverne"
    title: "Dick Taverne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump