# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-oliver
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:52:01.851Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-oliver"
name: "Eric Oliver"
slug: "eric-oliver"
description: "Eric Staines Oliver was an English motorcycle racer best remembered as four-time FIM Sidecar World Champion, riding a Norton. His passenger in 1949 was Denis Jenkinson. He is also remembered for his innovation, being the first sidecar competitor to use a dustbin fairing, rear suspension and the first to adopt a semi-kneeling riding position."
tagline: "British motorcycle racer (1911–1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Winnaar%2C_Bestanddeelnr_904-5533.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1911-04-13"
deathDate: "1980-03-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.92
  momentum:             13.65934065934066
  historical:           5.874730666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Oliver"
    title: "Eric Oliver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "إيريك أوليفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Oliver"
    title: "Eric Oliver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Оливер, Эрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Oliver"
    title: "Eric Oliver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Oliver"
    title: "Eric Oliver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276125"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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