# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/iain-macleod
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:57:45.344Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/iain-macleod"
name: "Iain Macleod"
slug: "iain-macleod"
description: "Iain Norman Macleod was a British Conservative Party politician. A playboy and professional bridge player in his twenties, after war service Macleod worked for the Conservative Research Department before entering Parliament in 1950. He was noted as a formidable Parliamentary debater and—later—as a platform orator. He was quickly appointed Minister of Health, later serving as Minister of Labour. He served an important term as Secretary of State for the Colonies under Harold Macmillan in the early 1960s, overseeing the independence of many African countries from British rule but earning the enmity of Conservative right-wingers, and the soubriquet that he was \"too clever by half\"."
tagline: "British politician, cabinet minister and contract bridge player (1913-1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_National_Archives_UK_-_CO_1069-166-17_Macleod_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1913-11-11"
deathDate: "1970-07-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.23
  momentum:             17.5053961611639
  historical:           12.79162266666667
  currentAttention:     12.24
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "伊安·麥克勞德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Iain Macleod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إيان ماكلود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اياين ماكليود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Macleod"
    title: "Iain Macleod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Macleod"
    title: "Iain Macleod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Macleod"
    title: "Iain Macleod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Macleod"
    title: "Iain Macleod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%93"
    title: "איאן מקלאוד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Macleod"
    title: "Ioannes Macleod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Macleod"
    title: "Iain Macleod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Macleod"
    title: "Iain Macleod"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B4%2C_%D0%98%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Маклеод, Иан Норман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Macleod"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Macleod"
    title: "Iain Macleod"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333182"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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