# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/glyndwr-michael
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:50:55.241Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/glyndwr-michael"
name: "Glyndwr Michael"
slug: "glyndwr-michael"
description: "Major William Martin was a persona invented by British Military Intelligence for Operation Mincemeat, a Second World War deception plan that lured German forces to Greece prior to the Allied invasion of Sicily. Also known as \"The Man Who Never Was\", Martin's personal details were created to lend credence to the scheme, which involved a body dressed as a British officer and carrying secret documents washing up on the shore of neutral Spain, apparently the victim of an air crash. It was intended that these documents, containing information that suggested an Allied assault on Greece was planned, should fall into the hands of German intelligence."
tagline: "Welsh homeless man who posthumously served in World War Two as Major William Martin"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Glyndwr_Michael.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1909-01-04"
deathDate: "1943-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.443216
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Martin_(oficial_da_Marinha_Real)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86_(_%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B7_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9)"
    title: "وليم مارتن ( ضابط في البحرية الملكية البريطانية)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynd%C5%B5r_Michael"
    title: "Glyndŵr Michael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Martin_(Royal_Marines_officer)"
    title: "William Martin (Royal Marines officer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyndwr_Michael"
    title: "Glyndwr Michael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Martin"
    title: "William Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyndwr_Michael"
    title: "Glyndwr Michael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Martin_(oficial_da_Marinha_Real)"
    title: "William Martin (oficial da Marinha Real)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3404928"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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