# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fergal-keane
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:02:28.354Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fergal-keane"
name: "Fergal Keane"
slug: "fergal-keane"
description: "Fergal Patrick Keane is an Irish foreign correspondent with BBC News, and an author. For some time, Keane was the BBC's correspondent in South Africa. He is a nephew of the Irish playwright, novelist and essayist John B. Keane."
tagline: "Irish journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fergal_Keane.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1961-01-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.22
  momentum:             5.324181626187961
  historical:           6.394549333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443851/"
    handle:    "nm0443851"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fergal_Keane"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "فيرجال كيني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "فيرجال كينى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergal_Keane"
    title: "Fergal Keane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergal_Keane"
    title: "Fergal Keane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ファーガル・キーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3068772"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1346845"
    title: "Fergal Keane"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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