# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jasper-maskelyne
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:31:11.063Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jasper-maskelyne"
name: "Jasper Maskelyne"
slug: "jasper-maskelyne"
description: "Jasper Maskelyne was a British stage magician in the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of an established family of stage magicians, the son of Nevil Maskelyne and a grandson of John Nevil Maskelyne. He is most remembered for his accounts of his work for the British military during the Second World War, in which he claimed to have created large-scale ruses, deception, and camouflage in an effort to defeat the Nazis."
tagline: "British stage magician (1902–1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jasper_Maskelyne_magician.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1902-09-29"
deathDate: "1973-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.55
  momentum:             22.53633720930232
  historical:           9.856968
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0556446/"
    handle:    "nm0556446"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Maskelyne"
    title: "Jasper Maskelyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جاسبر ماسكيلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Maskelyne"
    title: "Jasper Maskelyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Maskelyne"
    title: "Jasper Maskelyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Maskelyne"
    title: "Jasper Maskelyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Maskelyne"
    title: "Jasper Maskelyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8_%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "ג'ספר מסקליין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Maskelyne"
    title: "Jasper Maskelyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジャスパー・マスケリン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Maskelyne"
    title: "Jasper Maskelyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Maskelyne"
    title: "Jasper Maskelyne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1683042"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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