# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-besant
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:57:06.541Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-besant"
name: "Walter Besant"
slug: "walter-besant"
description: "Sir Walter Besant was an English novelist and historian. William Henry Besant was his brother, and another brother, Frank, was the husband of Annie Besant."
tagline: "English novelist and historian (1836–1901)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Besant_by_Barraud_c1880s.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1836-08-14"
deathDate: "1901-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.54
  momentum:             0.09395973154362416
  historical:           14.89373866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0078601/"
    handle:    "nm0078601"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "والتر بيسانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Walter Besant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Besant"
    title: "Walter Besant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Besant"
    title: "Walter Besant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "والتر بسانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Walter Besant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Besant"
    title: "Walter Besant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Волтер Безант"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "വാൾട്ടർ ബെസൻറ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Walter Besant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Besant"
    title: "Walter Besant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Besant"
    title: "Walter Besant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q974852"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Walter Besant"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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