# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-downing
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:09:36.176Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-downing"
name: "Ken Downing"
slug: "ken-downing"
description: "Kenneth Henry Downing was a British racing driver. From a wealthy family connected to G.H. Downing & Co., he began racing as a privateer in the late 1940s, and with Connaught in 1951, winning 17 races throughout the year. He then competed in the 1952 Formula One championship."
tagline: "Racecar driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken_Downing_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1917-12-05"
deathDate: "2004-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.14
  momentum:             5.760067467847353
  historical:           12.27717866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ken Downing"
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    title: "كين داونينج"
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    title: "Ken Downing"
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    title: "Ken Downing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ken Downing"
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    title: "کن داونینگ"
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    title: "Ken Downing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ken Downing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Downing"
    title: "Ken Downing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Downing"
    title: "Ken Downing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Downing"
    title: "Ken Downing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Downing"
    title: "Ken Downing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ken Downing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Downing"
    title: "Ken Downing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Downing"
    title: "Ken Downing"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172344"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump