# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/magnus-magnusson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:27:21.126Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/magnus-magnusson"
name: "Magnus Magnusson"
slug: "magnus-magnusson"
description: "Magnus Magnusson was an Icelandic-born Scottish journalist, translator, writer and television presenter. Born in Reykjavík, he lived in Scotland for almost all his life, although he never took British citizenship. He came to prominence as a BBC television journalist and was the presenter of the BBC television quiz programme Mastermind for 25 years."
tagline: "Icelandic television presenter, journalist, translator and writer."
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Magnus_Magnusson.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1929-10-12"
deathDate: "2007-01-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.119124
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536392/"
    handle:    "nm0536392"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/40199d93-bdb9-4d0d-92f5-7105cbe5cd73"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Magnusson"
    title: "Magnus Magnusson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ماجنوس ماجنوسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Magnusson"
    title: "Magnus Magnusson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_Magn%C3%BAsson"
    title: "Magnús Magnússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Magnusson_(Schriftsteller)"
    title: "Magnus Magnusson (Schriftsteller)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Magnusson"
    title: "Magnus Magnusson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_Magn%C3%BAsson_(journaliste)"
    title: "Magnús Magnússon (journaliste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Magnusson"
    title: "Magnus Magnusson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_Magn%C3%BAsson"
    title: "Magnús Magnússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Magnusson"
    title: "Magnus Magnusson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_Magn%C3%BAsson"
    title: "Magnús Magnússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_Magn%C3%BAsson"
    title: "Magnús Magnússon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3045098"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109886"
    title: "Magnus Magnusson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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