# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-jacob
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:48:22.151Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-jacob"
name: "Ian Jacob"
slug: "ian-jacob"
description: "Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Ian Claud Jacob, was a British Army officer, who served as the Military Assistant Secretary to Winston Churchill's war cabinet and was later a distinguished broadcasting executive, serving as the Director-General of the BBC from 1952 to 1959."
tagline: "British Army general (1899-1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LC-USZ62-104901_(24069042903)_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1899-09-27"
deathDate: "1993-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.812636
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A8"
    title: "ایان جیکب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8"
    title: "ايان چاكوب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Jacob"
    title: "Ian Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%AC%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A8"
    title: "ادوارد ایان کلود جیکوب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Jacob"
    title: "Ian Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Jacob"
    title: "Ian Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Jacob"
    title: "Ian Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ian_Claud_Jacob"
    title: "Edward Ian Claud Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3147283"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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