# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-pearkes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:03:08.953Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-pearkes"
name: "George Pearkes"
slug: "george-pearkes"
description: "Major-General George Randolph Pearkes was a Canadian politician and soldier. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy awarded to British and Imperial forces for actions taken during the First World War. He served as the 20th lieutenant governor of British Columbia."
tagline: "Canadian politician (1888-1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Pearkes2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1888-02-28"
deathDate: "1984-05-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.71
  momentum:             1.810344827586207
  historical:           5.485602666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pearkes"
    title: "George Pearkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "چورچ پايركيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pearkes"
    title: "George Pearkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Randolph_Pearkes"
    title: "George Randolph Pearkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "جورج راندولف پیرکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pearkes"
    title: "George Pearkes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1508058"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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