# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rory-carroll
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:11:37.777Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rory-carroll"
name: "Rory Carroll"
slug: "rory-carroll"
description: "Rory Carroll is an Irish journalist working for The Guardian who has reported from the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq, Latin America and Los Angeles. He is the Ireland correspondent for The Guardian. He is the author of three books: Comandante (2013), Killing Thatcher (2023), and A Rebel and a Traitor (2026). He has been described by Max Hastings as 'an exceptionally gifted storyteller'."
tagline: "Irish journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rory_Carroll_Nov_2025.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1972"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.02
  momentum:             7.731958762886599
  historical:           6.366741333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/rorycarroll72"
    handle:    "rorycarroll72"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.rorycarroll.co.uk/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rory Carroll"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Carroll"
    title: "Rory Carroll"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Carroll"
    title: "Rory Carroll"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Carroll"
    title: "Rory Carroll"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ローリー・キャロル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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