# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-thornton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:45:57.544Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-thornton"
name: "George Thornton"
slug: "george-thornton"
description: "George Thornton was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played County Championship cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in three matches in 1891, and later that decade for Middlesex, and later appeared in a Test match representing South Africa in 1902."
tagline: "English born Test and County cricketer (1867-1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Thornton_cricketer_c1895.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1867-12-24"
deathDate: "1939-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "جورج ثورنتون (لاعب كريكت)"
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    title: "জর্জ থর্নটন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Thornton (cricketer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ஜார்ஜ் தோண்டன்"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump