# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roy-dowling
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:49:58.506Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roy-dowling"
name: "Roy Dowling"
slug: "roy-dowling"
description: "Vice Admiral Sir Roy Russell Dowling, was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). He served as Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), the RAN's highest-ranking position, from 1955 until 1959, and as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC), forerunner of the role of Australia's Chief of the Defence Force, from 1959 until 1961."
tagline: "Royal Australian Navy commander, Chief of Naval Staff, Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (1901-1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roy_Dowling_107003.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1901-05-28"
deathDate: "1969-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.31
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.336861333333334
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Roy_Dowling"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "روي دولينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "روى دولينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Dowling"
    title: "Roy Dowling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Dowling"
    title: "Roy Dowling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Dowling"
    title: "Roy Dowling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Dowling"
    title: "Roy Dowling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7372750"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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