# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-smith-baron-smith-of-kelvin
# Generated: 2026-08-16T07:39:21.406Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-smith-baron-smith-of-kelvin"
name: "Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin"
slug: "robert-smith-baron-smith-of-kelvin"
description: "Robert Haldane Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin is a Scottish businessman and former Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Smith was knighted in 1999, appointed to the House of Lords as an independent crossbench peer in 2008, and appointed Knight of the Thistle in the 2014 New Year Honours. He was also appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour in 2016."
tagline: "British Baron (born 1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lord_Smith_of_Kelvin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1944-08-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.3
  momentum:             1.942446043165468
  historical:           5.887402666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Haldane_Smith"
    title: "Robert Haldane Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smith%2C_Baron_Smith_of_Kelvin"
    title: "Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smith%2C_Baron_Smith_of_Kelvin"
    title: "Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smith_(dirigente_d'azienda)"
    title: "Robert Smith (dirigente d'azienda)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA_%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "روبرت اسمیت کلوین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Haldane_Smith"
    title: "Robert Haldane Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328624"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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