# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/reg-armstrong
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:42:44.665Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/reg-armstrong"
name: "Reg Armstrong"
slug: "reg-armstrong"
description: "Harold Reginald Armstrong was an Irish professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was born in Dublin to Frederick and Margery Armstrong, grew up in Rathfarnham and raced for the AJS, Velocette, Norton, NSU, and Gilera factory racing teams. He then became team manager for Honda's racing team in 1962 and 1963, and they won five world championships in that time. He was also in his lifetime a sales agent for NSU, Honda, and Opel. He competed in Grand Prix Motorcycle World Championships and at the Isle of Man TT, usually placing highly. He died in a road accident in 1979."
tagline: "Irish motorcycle racer (1928-1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coureurs_in_de_bocht%2C_Bestanddeelnr_907-2367.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1928-09-01"
deathDate: "1979-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.06
  momentum:             16.74917491749175
  historical:           10.212816
  currentAttention:     3.56
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Рег Армстронг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D8%A2%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "ريج آرمسترونغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Armstrong"
    title: "Reg Armstrong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Armstrong"
    title: "Reg Armstrong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Armstrong"
    title: "Reg Armstrong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Armstrong"
    title: "Reg Armstrong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0"
    title: "レグ・アームストロング"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Armstrong"
    title: "Reg Armstrong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Armstrong"
    title: "Reg Armstrong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B3"
    title: "Армстронг, Рег"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Armstrong"
    title: "Reg Armstrong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2400320"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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