# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-hancock
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:46:44.272Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-hancock"
name: "Ian Hancock"
slug: "ian-hancock"
description: "Ian Francis Hancock is a linguist, Romani scholar and political advocate. He was born and raised in England and is one of the main contributors in the field of Romani studies."
tagline: "British linguist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ian_Hancock_in_Bratislava.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1942-08-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.453352
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Айэн Хэнкок"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ian Hancock"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ian Hancock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ian Hancock"
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    title: "Ian Hancock"
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    title: "Ian Hancock"
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    title: "Ian Hancock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://rmy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_e_Re%CA%92osqo"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump