# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/douglas-wimberley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:15:55.939Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/douglas-wimberley"
name: "Douglas Wimberley"
slug: "douglas-wimberley"
description: "Major-General Douglas Neil Wimberley, was a British Army officer who, during the Second World War, commanded the 51st (Highland) Division for two years, from 1941 to 1943, notably at the Second Battle of El Alamein, before leading it across North Africa and in the Allied campaign in Sicily."
tagline: "British general (1896–1983)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Douglas_Neil_Wimberley_in_Inverness%2C_17_February_1941_IWM_H_7363_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1896-08-15"
deathDate: "1983-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.2109704641350211
  historical:           5.275378666666667
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  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Douglas Wimberley"
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    title: "دوجلاس ويمبيرلى"
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    title: "Douglas Wimberley"
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    title: "Douglas Neil Wimberley"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump