# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vernon-kell
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:36:28.405Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vernon-kell"
name: "Vernon Kell"
slug: "vernon-kell"
description: "Major-General Sir Vernon George Waldegrave Kell, was a British Army general and the founder and first Director of the British Security Service, otherwise known as MI5. Known as K, he was described in Who's Who as \"Commandant, War Department Constabulary\"."
tagline: "British Army general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vernon_Kell_(5a).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1873-11-21"
deathDate: "1942-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.68
  momentum:             4.734299516908212
  historical:           5.04392
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Kell"
    title: "Vernon Kell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Kell"
    title: "Vernon Kell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%84"
    title: "ورنون جورج والدگریو کل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Kell"
    title: "Vernon Kell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Келл, Вернон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9368439"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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