# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-cobb
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:06:23.529Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-cobb"
name: "John Cobb"
slug: "john-cobb"
description: "John Rhodes Cobb was an early to mid 20th century English racing motorist. He was three times holder of the World Land Speed Record, in 1938, 1939 and 1947, set at Bonneville Speedway in Utah, US. He was awarded the Segrave Trophy in 1947. He was killed in 1952 whilst piloting a jet-powered speedboat attempting to break the World Water Speed Record on Loch Ness in Scotland."
tagline: "Racing driver (1899-1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Cobb_(motorist).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1899-12-02"
deathDate: "1952-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.982581333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167783/"
    handle:    "nm0167783"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cobb"
    title: "John Cobb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8_(%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "جون كوب (طيار من المملكه المتحده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Cobb"
    title: "John R. Cobb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cobb_(racing_driver)"
    title: "John Cobb (racing driver)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cobb_(piloto)"
    title: "John Cobb (piloto)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cobb"
    title: "John Cobb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cobb"
    title: "John Cobb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cobb"
    title: "John Cobb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cobb_(racerf%C3%B8rer)"
    title: "John Cobb (racerfører)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cobb_(kierowca)"
    title: "John Cobb (kierowca)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q971013"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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