# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-henry-powell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:35:35.575Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-henry-powell"
name: "George Henry Powell"
slug: "george-henry-powell"
description: "George Henry Powell was a Welsh songwriter who, under the pseudonym George Asaf, wrote the lyrics of the marching song \"Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag\" in 1915.\nThe music was written by his brother Felix Powell, and the song was entered into a World War I competition for \"best morale-building song\". It won first prize and was noted as \"perhaps the most optimistic song ever written\". Although Felix Powell was a Staff Sergeant in the British Army, George Powell was a pacifist, and became a conscientious objector when conscription was imposed in 1916."
tagline: "British, Welsh songwriter and lyricist (1880-1951)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1880-04-27"
deathDate: "1951-12-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.18
  momentum:             5.217391304347827
  historical:           7.271058666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038284/"
    handle:    "nm0038284"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3850618"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "جورج باول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henry_Powell"
    title: "George Henry Powell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henry_Powell"
    title: "George Henry Powell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henry_Powell"
    title: "George Henry Powell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Powell"
    title: "George Powell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Henry_Powell"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://sv.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Powell"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c4552ff7-589f-4d1e-8c2e-89c23742a822"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1565612"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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