# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-stevens-baron-stevens-of-kirkwhelpington
# Generated: 2026-08-16T09:26:14.482Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-stevens-baron-stevens-of-kirkwhelpington"
name: "John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington"
slug: "john-stevens-baron-stevens-of-kirkwhelpington"
description: "John Arthur Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, is a former Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, having served from 2000 until 2005. From 1991 to 1996, he was Chief Constable of Northumbria Police before being appointed one of HM Inspectors of Constabulary in September 1996. He was then appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Met in 1998 until his promotion to Commissioner in 2000. He was a writer for the News of the World, for £7,000 an article, until his resignation as the hacking scandal progressed."
tagline: "British Chief Constable (born 1942)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-10-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.8
  momentum:             0.1934826883910387
  historical:           5.702702666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stevens_(baron_Stevens_de_Kirkwhelpington)"
    title: "John Stevens (baron Stevens de Kirkwhelpington)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stevens%2C_Baron_Stevens_of_Kirkwhelpington"
    title: "John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stevens%2C_Baron_Stevens_of_Kirkwhelpington"
    title: "John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stevens%2C_Baron_Stevens_of_Kirkwhelpington"
    title: "John Stevens, Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stevens%2C_barone_Stevens_di_Kirkwhelpington"
    title: "John Stevens, barone Stevens di Kirkwhelpington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stevens%2C_Bar%C3%A3o_Stevens_de_Kirkwhelpington"
    title: "John Stevens, Barão Stevens de Kirkwhelpington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1236990"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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