# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-woodman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:39:18.714Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-woodman"
name: "Richard Woodman"
slug: "richard-woodman"
description: "Captain Richard Martin Woodman LVO MNM was an English merchant navy officer, novelist and naval historian. Woodman served at sea mainly working for Trinity House and retired in 1997 from a 37-year nautical career, to write full-time. He published a series of fictional stories, as well as researching and writing several non-fictional historical books on maritime topics. Woodman published over 70 books, including historical studies, novels and novellas."
tagline: "English writer (1944–2024)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-03-10"
deathDate: "2024-10-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.677394666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Woodman"
    title: "Richard Woodman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ريتشارد ودمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ريتشارد ودمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Woodman"
    title: "Richard Woodman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Woodman"
    title: "Richard Woodman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Woodman"
    title: "Richard Woodman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322851"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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