# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martial-valin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:09:01.341Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martial-valin"
name: "Martial Valin"
slug: "martial-valin"
description: "Martial Henri Valin was a French Air Force general. He initially served as a cavalryman in the First World War. After nine years cavalry service in the chasseurs d'Afrique, dragoons, spahis, and hussars, he eventually volunteered for the French Army's aviation branch, the aéronautique militaire, in 1926. He commanded the Free French Air Forces from July 1941 to June 1944, and was then Chief of General Staff of the French Air Army from October 1944 until 1946. He participated in both World Wars and the Rif War."
tagline: "French aviator (1898-1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_De_Gaulle%2C_Philippe_de_Scitivaux%2C_Ren%C3%A9_Mouchotte%2C_Martial_Valin.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1898-05-14"
deathDate: "1980-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.78
  momentum:             3.090507726269316
  historical:           7.221348
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_Valin"
    title: "Martial Valin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "مارتيال ڤالين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_Valin"
    title: "Martial Valin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_Henri_Valin"
    title: "Martial Henri Valin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_Valin"
    title: "Martial Valin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_Valin"
    title: "Martial Valin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9F"
    title: "מרסיאל ואלן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_Valin"
    title: "Martial Valin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504402"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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