# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wal-handley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:42:44.623Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wal-handley"
name: "Wal Handley"
slug: "wal-handley"
description: "Walter Leslie Handley born in Aston, Birmingham, known as Wal Handley, was a champion British inter-war motorcycle racer with four wins at the Isle of Man TT Races in his career. Later he also raced cars in the 1930s and died in a World War II aircraft accident while serving as pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary."
tagline: "British motorcycle racer (1902-1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wal_Handley_in_1930.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1902-04-05"
deathDate: "1941-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.8
  momentum:             5.142857142857141
  historical:           6.539309333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal_Handley"
    title: "Wal Handley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "وول هاندلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "وول هاندلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal_Handley"
    title: "Wal Handley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal_Handley"
    title: "Wal Handley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal_Handley"
    title: "Wal Handley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal_Handley"
    title: "Wal Handley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2520621"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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