# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilfred-thesiger
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:30:28.761Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/wilfred-thesiger"
name: "Wilfred Thesiger"
slug: "wilfred-thesiger"
description: "Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, also known as Mubarak bin Landan, was a British military officer, explorer, and writer. Thesiger's travel books include Arabian Sands (1959), on his foot and camel crossing of the Empty Quarter of the Arabian Peninsula, and The Marsh Arabs (1964), on his time living with the Marsh Arabs of Iraq."
tagline: "British explorer, military officer, writer and botanical collector (1910-2003)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1910-06-03"
deathDate: "2003-08-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump