# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-cole
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:15:04.558Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-cole"
name: "Eric Cole"
slug: "eric-cole"
description: "Major-General Eric Stuart Cole, was a senior British Army officer and telecommunications expert. He saw active service in the Second World War, with his most important contribution being the planning of communications for the invasion of Normandy. He continued his army career after the war, ultimately holding the post of director of telecommunications at the War Office."
tagline: "English cricketer (1906-1992)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1906-02-10"
deathDate: "1992-12-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.068574666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Cole_(British_Army_officer)"
    title: "Eric Cole (British Army officer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "إريك كول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "اريك كول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84_(%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%B1)"
    title: "ایرک کول (برطانوی فوجی افسر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Stuart_Cole"
    title: "Eric Stuart Cole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "எரிக் கோல்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3567843"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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