# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maurice-wilks
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:04:01.526Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maurice-wilks"
name: "Maurice Wilks"
slug: "maurice-wilks"
description: "Maurice Fernand Cary Wilks was an English automotive and aeronautical engineer, and by the time of his death in 1963, was the chairman of the Rover Company. He was the founder of the Land Rover marque and responsible for the inspiration and concept work that led to the development of the first Land Rover off-road utility vehicle."
tagline: "British automobile designer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Inventor's_headstone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_965836.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1904-08-19"
deathDate: "1963-09-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.152521333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wilks"
    title: "Maurice Wilks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "ماوريس ويلكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wilks"
    title: "Maurice Wilks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wilks"
    title: "Maurice Wilks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wilks"
    title: "Maurice Wilks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "موریس فردیناند ویلکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wilks"
    title: "Maurice Wilks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6793538"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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