# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-masters
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:19:08.076Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-masters"
name: "John Masters"
slug: "john-masters"
description: "Lieutenant-Colonel John Masters, DSO, OBE was a British army officer and novelist. During World War II, he served with the Chindits behind Axis lines in Burma, and became the GSO1 of the 19th Indian Infantry Division. Masters is principally known for his historical novels set in India notably Bhowani Junction, which was turned into a successful 1956 film. He also wrote a three-volume autobiography, which was positively received by critics."
tagline: "British soldier and writer (1914-1983)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Masters.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1914-10-26"
deathDate: "1983-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.68
  momentum:             1.791044776119403
  historical:           7.711594666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0557688/"
    handle:    "nm0557688"
sources:
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%A1"
    title: "ג'ון מאסטרס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون ماسترز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "جون ماسترز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Masters"
    title: "John Masters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Masters"
    title: "John Masters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Masters"
    title: "John Masters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Masters"
    title: "John Masters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Masters"
    title: "John Masters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469250"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1464411"
    title: "John Masters"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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