# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phil-read
# Generated: 2026-09-07T17:15:25.738Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phil-read"
name: "Phil Read"
slug: "phil-read"
description: "Phillip William Read, was an English professional motorcycle racer. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1961 to 1976. Read is notable for being the first competitor to win world championships in the 125 cc, 250 cc and 500 cc classes. Although he was often overshadowed by his contemporary, Mike Hailwood, he won seven FIM Grand Prix road racing world championships."
tagline: "British motorcycle racer (1939–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Phil_Read_1968_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1939-01-01"
deathDate: "2022-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.905084
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/readracing"
    handle:    "readracing"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/100070531473537"
    handle:    "100070531473537"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.philread.org/"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Phil_Read"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "فيل ريد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Read"
    title: "Phil Read"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Read"
    title: "Phil Read"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Read"
    title: "Phil Read"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Read"
    title: "Phil Read"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Read"
    title: "Phil Read"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Read"
    title: "Phil Read"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Read"
    title: "Phil Read"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Read"
    title: "Phil Read"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Read"
    title: "Phil Read"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89"
    title: "フィル・リード"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Read"
    title: "Phil Read"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Read"
    title: "Phil Read"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Read"
    title: "Phil Read"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Read"
    title: "Phil Read"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB"
    title: "Рид, Фил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Read"
    title: "Phil Read"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Read"
    title: "Phil Read"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%96%D0%BB_%D0%A0%D1%96%D0%B4"
    title: "Філ Рід"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q722828"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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