# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-spencer-8th-earl-spencer
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:27:20.345Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-spencer-8th-earl-spencer"
name: "John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer"
slug: "john-spencer-8th-earl-spencer"
description: "Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, styled Viscount Althorp until June 1975, was a British peer, military officer, and courtier. He was the father of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the maternal grandfather of William, Prince of Wales, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex."
tagline: "British peer (1924-1992); father of Diana, Princess of Wales"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/John_Spencer%2C_Viscount_Althorp_in_1967.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1924-01-24"
deathDate: "1992-03-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.36
  momentum:             0.50352900671372
  historical:           22.62594533333333
  currentAttention:     2.797383370631778
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "エドワード・スペンサー (第8代スペンサー伯爵)"
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    title: "John Spencer, 8.º Conde Spencer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_John_Spencer%2C_al_VIII-lea_Conte_Spencer"
    title: "Edward John Spencer, al VIII-lea Conte Spencer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Спенсер, Джон, 8-й граф Спенсер"
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    title: "John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Spencer%2C_8%3Ae_earl_Spencer"
    title: "John Spencer, 8:e earl Spencer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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