# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-thornton
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:56:15.590Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-thornton"
name: "Robert Thornton"
slug: "robert-thornton"
description: "Robert Thornton is a Scottish professional darts player who formerly competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In the BDO he won the 2007 Winmau World Masters and 2008 Dutch Open. He switched to the PDC in 2008 and won 2 PDC major titles; the UK Open in 2012, and World Grand Prix in 2015. Additionally, Thornton won 11 titles on the PDC Pro Tour."
tagline: "Scottish darts player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Thornton_5-6_Kim_Huybrechts_-_Robert_Thornton_-_2019249213036_2019-09-06_PDC_European_Darts_Matchplay_-_0993_-_B70I6010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1967-07-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.15
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.360513333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TheThorn180"
    handle:    "TheThorn180"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11297537/"
    handle:    "nm11297537"
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Thornton"
    title: "Robert Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "روبرت ثورنتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Thornton"
    title: "Robert Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Thornton_(darts_player)"
    title: "Robert Thornton (darts player)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Thornton"
    title: "Robert Thornton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Thornton_(dartsj%C3%A1t%C3%A9kos)"
    title: "Robert Thornton (dartsjátékos)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1282096"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3191112"
    title: "Robert Thornton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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