# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-liddell
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:07:47.006Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-liddell"
name: "Eric Liddell"
slug: "eric-liddell"
description: "Eric Henry Liddell was a Scottish sprinter, rugby player and a Christian missionary. Born in Tianjin, China to Scottish missionary parents, he attended a boarding school near London, spending time when possible with his family in Edinburgh, and afterwards attended the University of Edinburgh."
tagline: "Scottish athlete, sprinter, Olympian, Protestant missionary (1902-1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eric_Liddell.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1902-01-16"
deathDate: "1945-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.84
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.49968533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%84"
    title: "إريك هنري ليدل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%84"
    title: "اریک لیدل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%93%D7%9C"
    title: "אריק לידל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB"
    title: "エリック・リデル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EB%A6%AD_%EB%A6%AC%EB%8D%B8"
    title: "에릭 리델"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Лидделл, Эрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Liddell"
    title: "Eric Liddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317422"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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