# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-whittington
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:55:25.062Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-whittington"
name: "Richard Whittington"
slug: "richard-whittington"
description: "Richard Whittington of the parish of St Michael Paternoster Royal, City of London, was an English merchant and politician of the late medieval period. He is also the real-life inspiration for the English folk tale Dick Whittington and His Cat. He was four times Lord Mayor of London, a member of parliament and a Sheriff of London. In his lifetime he financed a number of public projects, such as drainage systems in poor areas of London, and a hospital ward for unmarried mothers. He bequeathed his fortune to form the Charity of Sir Richard Whittington which, over 600 years later, continues to assist people in need."
tagline: "Four times Lord Mayor of London (1354-1423)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Whittington_by_Elstracke.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1354"
deathDate: "1423"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.47
  momentum:             0.2841337691727432
  historical:           10.41390666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Richard Whittington"
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    title: "ديك ويتينغتون"
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    title: "Richard Whittington"
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    title: "Richard Whittington"
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    title: "Richard Whittington"
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    title: "Richard Whittington"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Whittington"
    title: "Richard Whittington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Whittington"
    title: "Richard Whittington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardus_Whittington"
    title: "Ricardus Whittington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Уиттингтон, Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dick Whittington"
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    title: "Richard Whittington"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump