# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-ventris
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:22:57.710Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-ventris"
name: "Michael Ventris"
slug: "michael-ventris"
description: "Michael George Francis Ventris was an English architect, classicist and philologist who deciphered Linear B, the ancient Mycenaean Greek script. A student of languages, Ventris had pursued decipherment as a personal vocation since his adolescence. After creating a new field of study, Ventris died in a car crash a few weeks before the publication of Documents in Mycenaean Greek, written with John Chadwick."
tagline: "British architect and linguist (1922-1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Ventris_obituary_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1922-07-12"
deathDate: "1956-09-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.11
  momentum:             0.3786906290115534
  historical:           20.84975733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%B4_%EB%B2%A4%ED%8A%B8%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "마이클 벤트리스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "مايكل فينتريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "مايكل فينتريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "مایکل ونتریس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81"
    title: "Майкл Вентрыс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%BB_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Майкъл Вентрис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_George_Francis_Ventris"
    title: "Michael George Francis Ventris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ventris"
    title: "Michael Ventris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ventris"
    title: "Michael Ventris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ventris"
    title: "Michael Ventris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BB_%CE%92%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%82"
    title: "Μάικλ Βέντρις"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ventris"
    title: "Michael Ventris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ventris"
    title: "Michael Ventris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ventris"
    title: "Michael Ventris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "مایکل ونتریس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ventris"
    title: "Michael Ventris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ventris"
    title: "Michael Ventris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ventris"
    title: "Michael Ventris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ventris"
    title: "Michael Ventris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%9C_%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "מייקל ונטריס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%84%D5%AC_%D5%8E%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BF%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BD"
    title: "Մայքլ Վենտրիս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ventris"
    title: "Michael Ventris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ventris"
    title: "Michael Ventris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9"
    title: "マイケル・ヴェントリス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Майкл Вентрис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259378"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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