# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-reid-q1930632
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:47:51.488Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-reid-q1930632"
name: "Richard Reid"
slug: "richard-reid-q1930632"
description: "Richard Colvin Reid, also known as the \"Shoe Bomber\", is a British terrorist who perpetrated the failed shoe bombing attempt against a transatlantic flight in 2001. Born to a career criminal father, Reid ended up in prison after years of committing petty crimes. While in prison, he was influenced by Muslim inmates he met there and converted to Islam. Later he became radicalised and went to Pakistan and Afghanistan, where he trained and became a member of al-Qaeda."
tagline: "British terrorist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Reid_Mugshot.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1974-08-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.7
  momentum:             0.398576512455516
  historical:           11.85016533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Richard Reid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ريتشارد ريد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Reid"
    title: "Richard Reid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Reid"
    title: "Richard Reid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ریچارد رید"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Reid"
    title: "Richard Reid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Reid"
    title: "Richard Reid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Reid"
    title: "Richard Reid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Reid"
    title: "Richard Reid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Reid"
    title: "Richard Reid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Reid"
    title: "Richard Reid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Рид, Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Reid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1930632"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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