# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-birt-baron-birt
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:44:32.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-birt-baron-birt"
name: "John Birt, Baron Birt"
slug: "john-birt-baron-birt"
description: "John Birt, Baron Birt is a British television executive and businessman. He is a former Director-General (1992–2000) of the BBC."
tagline: "Former Director-General of the BBC (born 1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Birt_crop_3.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1944-12-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.531682666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birt%2C_Baron_Birt"
    title: "John Birt, Baron Birt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "جون بيرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birt%2C_Baron_Birt"
    title: "John Birt, Baron Birt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birt"
    title: "John Birt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birt_(baron_Birt)"
    title: "John Birt (baron Birt)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birt"
    title: "John Birt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335586"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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