# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-melrose-brown
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:59:48.900Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-melrose-brown"
name: "Eric Melrose Brown"
slug: "eric-melrose-brown"
description: "Captain Eric Melrose \"Winkle\" Brown,, Hon FRAeS was a British Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history."
tagline: "British aviator, Royal Navy officer, test pilot, author (1919–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Naval_Pilot_Who_Landed_Jet_Plane_on_Carrier._On_3_December_1945%2C_Lieut_Cdr_Eric_Melrose_Brown%2C_MBE%2C_DSC%2C_RNVR%2C_Chief_Naval_Test_Pilot%2C_Landed_a_De_Havilland_Sea_Vampire_Jet_Aircraft_on_the_Flight_Deck_of_the_British_Aircraft_Carrier_HMS_Ocean..jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1919-01-21"
deathDate: "2016-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.29274133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5101944/"
    handle:    "nm5101944"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD"
    title: "Ерік Браун"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "إريك براون ميلروز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brown_(pilot)"
    title: "Eric Brown (pilot)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Melrose_Brown"
    title: "Eric Melrose Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brown_(pilot)"
    title: "Eric Brown (pilot)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brown_(pilote)"
    title: "Eric Brown (pilote)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%AF_%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%AC%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%A6_%D4%B2%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6"
    title: "Էրիկ Մելրոզ Բրաուն"
    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%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3_(%E9%A3%9B%E8%A1%8C%E5%A3%AB)"
    title: "エリック・ブラウン (飛行士)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brown"
    title: "Eric Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_(%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%82)"
    title: "Браун, Эрик (пилот)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brown_(pilot)"
    title: "Eric Brown (pilot)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brown"
    title: "Eric Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brown_(pilot)"
    title: "Eric Brown (pilot)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q348719"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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