# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-george
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:28:59.009Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-george"
name: "Walter George"
slug: "walter-george"
description: "Walter Goodall George was a British runner who, after setting numerous world records as an amateur, went professional in part to challenge the mile record-holder William Cummings, defeating him in several highly publicized races. In one of those races on 23 August 1886, he set a mile record which was not surpassed for almost 30 years."
tagline: "British distance runner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_george.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1858-09-09"
deathDate: "1943-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.144601333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_George"
    title: "Walter George"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_(%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%87_%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_%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7)"
    title: "والتر جورج (عداء المسافات المتوسطه من المملكه المتحده لبريطانيا العظمى و ايرلاندا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_George_(Leichtathlet)"
    title: "Walter George (Leichtathlet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_George_(athlete)"
    title: "Walter George (athlete)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_George"
    title: "Walter George"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_George"
    title: "Walter George"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_George_(atleta)"
    title: "Walter George (atleta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201988"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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