# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-surtees
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:37:38.698Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-surtees"
name: "John Surtees"
slug: "john-surtees"
description: "John Norman Surtees was a British racing driver and motorcycle road racer who competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1952 to 1960, and Formula One from 1960 to 1972. Surtees was a seven-time Grand Prix motorcycle World Champion, with four titles in the premier 500cc class with MV Agusta. Surtees won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1964 with Ferrari, and remains the only driver to win World Championships on both two- and four-wheels; he won 38 motorcycle Grands Prix and six Formula One Grands Prix."
tagline: "British motorcycle and automobile racer (1934–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Surtees.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1934-02-11"
deathDate: "2017-03-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump