# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-bell
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:53:56.812Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-bell"
name: "Ken Bell"
slug: "ken-bell"
description: "George Kenneth \"Ken\" Bell was a Canadian photographer who served with the Canadian armed forces during the Second World War. As a Lieutenant in the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit, he participated in the Normandy Landings, disembarking at Juno Beach on June 6, 1944, with the Highland Light Infantry of Canada. Later he went on to photograph and record the liberation of France, Belgium and the Netherlands, and finally documented the occupation of Germany. After the war he had a successful career as a professional photographer, and published a number of books including Not in Vain, a collection of photographs showing the changes which had taken place in Europe since the end of the war."
tagline: "Canadian photographer (1914–2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken_bell_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1914-07-30"
deathDate: "2000-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.4
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.603636
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "كين بيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "كين بيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Bell"
    title: "Ken Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Bell"
    title: "Ken Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Bell"
    title: "Ken Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3195015"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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