# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/malcolm-caldwell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:15:12.229Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/malcolm-caldwell"
name: "Malcolm Caldwell"
slug: "malcolm-caldwell"
description: "James Alexander Malcolm Caldwell was a Scottish academic and a prolific Marxist writer. He was a consistent critic of American foreign policy, a campaigner for Asian communist and socialist movements and a supporter of the Khmer Rouge. Caldwell was murdered a few hours after meeting Pol Pot in Cambodia. His murder is generally attributed to the Khmer Rouge regime, though the exact chain of command remains unclear."
tagline: "British academic (1931–1978)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1931-09-27"
deathDate: "1978-12-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump