# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-betjeman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:29:57.897Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-betjeman"
name: "John Betjeman"
slug: "john-betjeman"
description: "Sir John Betjeman was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and first president of The Hackney Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture, helping to save St Pancras railway station from demolition. He began his career as a journalist and ended it as one of the most popular British Poets Laureate and a much-loved figure on British television."
tagline: "English poet, writer and broadcaster (1906–1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir_John_Betjeman_(1906-1984).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1906-08-28"
deathDate: "1984-05-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           23.661104
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump