# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leslie-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:12:00.528Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leslie-thomas"
name: "Leslie Thomas"
slug: "leslie-thomas"
description: "Leslie Thomas, OBE was a Welsh author best known for his comic novel The Virgin Soldiers."
tagline: "Welsh writer who wrote in English"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leslie_Thomas%2C_John_Kirkham%2C_Henry_Buckton_50796451733)_(Thomas_cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-03-22"
deathDate: "2014-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.81
  momentum:             1.1646234676007
  historical:           6.8459
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859155/"
    handle:    "nm0859155"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.lesliethomas.co.uk/"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Thomas"
    title: "Leslie Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "ليزلي توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "ليزلى توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Thomas"
    title: "Leslie Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Thomas"
    title: "Leslie Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Thomas"
    title: "Leslie Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Thomas"
    title: "Leslie Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3403159"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/135503"
    title: "Leslie Thomas"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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