# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-hawker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:51:03.760Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-hawker"
name: "Harry Hawker"
slug: "harry-hawker"
description: "Harry George Hawker, MBE, AFC was an Australian aviation pioneer. He was the chief test pilot for Sopwith and was also involved in the design of many of their aircraft. After the First World War, he co-founded Hawker Aircraft, the firm that would later be responsible for a long series of successful military aircraft. He died on 12 July 1921 when the aircraft he was to fly in the Aerial Derby crashed in a park at Burnt Oak, Edgware, not far from Hendon Aerodrome."
tagline: "Australian aviation pioneer (1889–1921)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harry_Hawker.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1889-01-22"
deathDate: "1921-07-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.7
  momentum:             0.6835443037974684
  historical:           9.830384
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Harry Hawker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هاري هاوكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هارى هاوكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Harry Hawker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Hawker"
    title: "Harry Hawker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Hawker"
    title: "Harry Hawker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ハリー・ホーカー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Hawker"
    title: "Harry Hawker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Hawker"
    title: "Harry Hawker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Hawker"
    title: "Harry Hawker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Хоукер, Гарри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328337"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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