# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-arlott
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:04:45.722Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-arlott"
name: "John Arlott"
slug: "john-arlott"
description: "Leslie Thomas John Arlott, was an English journalist, author and cricket commentator for the BBC's Test Match Special. He was also a poet and wine connoisseur. With his poetic phraseology, he became a cricket commentator noted for his \"wonderful gift for evoking cricketing moments\" by the BBC."
tagline: "English sports commentator and writer (1914-1991)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/John_Arlott_in_a_post-war_posed_BBC_shot.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1914-02-25"
deathDate: "1991-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.81
  momentum:             1.222632336229334
  historical:           5.806737333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035209/"
    handle:    "nm0035209"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/15b0952d-fb63-4fd1-a71d-55636f106d0d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "جون ارلوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Arlott"
    title: "John Arlott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Arlott"
    title: "John Arlott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Arlott"
    title: "John Arlott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A2%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D9%B9"
    title: "جان آرلوٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Arlott"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3180931"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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