# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wavell-wakefield-1st-baron-wakefield-of-kendal
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:47:27.969Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wavell-wakefield-1st-baron-wakefield-of-kendal"
name: "Wavell Wakefield, 1st Baron Wakefield of Kendal"
slug: "wavell-wakefield-1st-baron-wakefield-of-kendal"
description: "William Wavell Wakefield, 1st Baron Wakefield of Kendal, known as Sir Wavell Wakefield between 1944 and 1963, was an English rugby union player and captain for Harlequins, Leicester Tigers, The RAF, Middlesex, The Barbarians and England. After retiring he went on to become the President of the Rugby Football Union and Conservative politician."
tagline: "English rugby union footballer, politician and Baron (1898-1983)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wavell_Wakefield_1922_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1898-03-10"
deathDate: "1983-08-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.477646666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavell_Wakefield%2C_1st_Baron_Wakefield_of_Kendal"
    title: "Wavell Wakefield, 1st Baron Wakefield of Kendal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "ويفيل ويكفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavell_Wakefield"
    title: "Wavell Wakefield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavell_Wakefield"
    title: "Wavell Wakefield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavell_Wakefield"
    title: "Wavell Wakefield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavell_Wakefield"
    title: "Wavell Wakefield"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q387525"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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