# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-phillips
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:15:49.902Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-phillips"
name: "Tom Phillips"
slug: "tom-phillips"
description: "Admiral Sir Tom Spencer Vaughan Phillips, was a Royal Navy officer who served during the First and Second World Wars. He was nicknamed \"Tom Thumb\", due to his short stature. He is best known for his command of Force Z during the Japanese invasion of Malaya, where he went down with his flagship, the battleship HMS Prince of Wales. Phillips was one of the highest ranking Allied officers killed in battle during the Second World War."
tagline: "British navy admiral (1888-1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom-phillips.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1888-02-19"
deathDate: "1941-12-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.36
  momentum:             0.3033333333333333
  historical:           15.17794266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Spencer_Vaughan_Phillips"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B3_(%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B7_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "توم فيليبس (ضابط من المملكه المتحده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Spencer_Vaughan_Phillips"
    title: "Tom Spencer Vaughan Phillips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Spencer_Vaughan_Phillips"
    title: "Tom Spencer Vaughan Phillips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Phillips_(Royal_Navy_officer)"
    title: "Tom Phillips (Royal Navy officer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Phillips_(almirante)"
    title: "Thomas Phillips (almirante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Phillips_(militaire)"
    title: "Tom Phillips (militaire)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Phillips_(ammiraglio)"
    title: "Thomas Phillips (ammiraglio)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%82%B9"
    title: "トーマス・フィリップス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%86%A0%EB%A8%B8%EC%8A%A4_%ED%95%84%EB%A6%BD%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "토머스 필립스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Phillips"
    title: "Tom Phillips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Phillips_(Brits_marineofficier)"
    title: "Thomas Phillips (Brits marineofficier)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Phillips"
    title: "Tom Phillips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Phillips_(admira%C5%82)"
    title: "Thomas Phillips (admirał)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%81%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Филлипс, Томас Спенсер Воган"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Phillips"
    title: "Thomas Phillips"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Phillips_(milit%C3%A4r)"
    title: "Thomas Phillips (militär)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%A4%E5%A7%86%C2%B7%E8%8F%B2%E5%88%A9%E6%99%AE%E6%96%AF"
    title: "汤姆·菲利普斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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