# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-benson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:34:51.144Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-benson"
name: "Mark Benson"
slug: "mark-benson"
description: "Mark Richard Benson is an English former cricketer and umpire. A left-handed batsman, Benson played for Kent for 17 years and represented England in one Test match and one One Day International in 1986. He later took up umpiring and was on the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires. In January 2016 he retired as an umpire."
tagline: "Cricket player of England. (born 1958)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1958-07-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.8285714285714285
  historical:           6.413644
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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