# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-wharton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:35:30.548Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-wharton"
name: "Ken Wharton"
slug: "ken-wharton"
description: "Frederick Charles Kenneth Wharton was a British racing driver from Smethwick, England. He competed in off-road trials, hillclimbs, and rallying, and also raced sports cars and single-seaters. He began racing in the new National 500cc Formula in his own special, and later acquired a Cooper. His World Championship Grand Prix debut was at the 1952 Swiss event, run to Formula 2 regulations, where he started from 13th position on the grid and finished 4th. He participated in a total of 15 World Championship Grands Prix, from which he scored three championship points."
tagline: "British racing driver (1916-1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tulpenralley._Snelheidsproef_op_circuit_Zandvoort._Winnaar_Ken_Wharton_met_navig%2C_Bestanddeelnr_905-0738.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1916-03-21"
deathDate: "1957-01-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.03
  momentum:             11.55978474865468
  historical:           15.54895733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump