# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ross-mcwhirter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:31:34.719Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ross-mcwhirter"
name: "Ross McWhirter"
slug: "ross-mcwhirter"
description: "Alan Ross McWhirter was, with his twin brother, Norris, the cofounder of the 1955 Guinness Book of Records and a contributor to the television programme Record Breakers. He was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1975."
tagline: "Writer, political activist, television presenter (1925-1975)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f8/Ross_McWhirter.jpg/330px-Ross_McWhirter.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1925-08-12"
deathDate: "1975-11-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.276613333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_McWhirter"
    title: "Ross McWhirter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "روس مكوايرتير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_McWhirter"
    title: "Ross McWhirter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_McWhirter"
    title: "Ross McWhirter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_McWhirter"
    title: "Ross McWhirter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_McWhirter"
    title: "Ross McWhirter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_McWhirter"
    title: "Ross McWhirter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2167618"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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