# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lionel-blue
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:44:06.340Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lionel-blue"
name: "Lionel Blue"
slug: "lionel-blue"
description: "Lionel Blue was a British Reform rabbi, journalist and broadcaster, described by The Guardian as \"one of the most respected religious figures in the UK\". He was best known for his longstanding work with the media, most notably his wry and gentle sense of humour on Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. He was the first British rabbi publicly to declare his homosexuality."
tagline: "British Reform rabbi, journalist and broadcaster (1930–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rabbi_Lionel_Blue_appearing_in_%22John_Wells_and_the_Three_Wise_Men%22_in_1988.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1930-02-06"
deathDate: "2016-12-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.686898666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2276680/"
    handle:    "nm2276680"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%83"
    title: "Лайонел Блу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "ليونيل بلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "ليونيل بلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Blue"
    title: "Lionel Blue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Blue"
    title: "Lionel Blue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Blue"
    title: "Lionel Blue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Blue"
    title: "Lionel Blue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Blue"
    title: "Lionel Blue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%9C_%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%95"
    title: "ליונל בלו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q721887"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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