# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-f-hopkinson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:27:39.806Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-f-hopkinson"
name: "George F. Hopkinson"
slug: "george-f-hopkinson"
description: "Major-General George Frederick Hopkinson, was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 1st Airborne Division during the Second World War, where he was killed in action in Italy in September 1943. In addition to being one of the few British Army generals killed in action during the war, he was also the only British general of the airborne forces to be killed during the conflict."
tagline: "British Army general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GeorgeVIwithseniorofficersApr1943.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1896-12-14"
deathDate: "1943-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.38
  momentum:             2.686567164179104
  historical:           6.346077333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederick_Hopkinson"
    title: "George Frederick Hopkinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86_%D8%A7%D9%81._%D9%87%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "چورچ اف. هوپكينسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hopkinson"
    title: "George Hopkinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%BE%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جورج فردریک هاپکینسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hopkinson"
    title: "George Hopkinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_F._Hopkinson"
    title: "George F. Hopkinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6"
    title: "Хопкинсон, Джордж"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5539108"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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