# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-martin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:10:56.445Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-martin"
name: "Richard Martin"
slug: "richard-martin"
description: "Colonel Richard Martin, was an Irish politician and campaigner against cruelty to animals. He was known as Humanity Dick, a nickname bestowed on him by King George IV. He succeeded in getting the pioneering Cruel Treatment of Cattle Act 1822, nicknamed 'Martin's Act', passed into British law."
tagline: "Irish politician and activist (1754-1834)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Martin_by_Coleman_1924.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1754"
deathDate: "1834-01-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.492658666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Martin"
    title: "Richard Martin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "ريتشارد مارتن (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Martin_(Irish_politician)"
    title: "Richard Martin (Irish politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A6'%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "ריצ'רד מרטין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Martin_(homme_politique)"
    title: "Richard Martin (homme politique)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Martin_(dan_siyasa_na_Ireland)"
    title: "Richard Martin (dan siyasa na Ireland)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3954881"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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