# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/a-j-hackett
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:05:34.176Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/a-j-hackett"
name: "A. J. Hackett"
slug: "a-j-hackett"
description: "Allan John \"A. J.\" Hackett is a New Zealand entrepreneur who popularised the extreme sport of bungy jumping. He made a bungy jump from the Eiffel Tower in 1987 and founded the first commercial bungy site in 1988. His daughter is freestyle skier, Margaux Hackett."
tagline: "New Zealand businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AJ_Hackett_ONZM_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1958"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.23
  momentum:             22.09519934906428
  historical:           6.608969333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  246
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%98%BF%E8%98%AD%C2%B7%E8%8E%8A%C2%B7%E5%93%88%E5%A5%87%E7%89%B9"
    title: "阿蘭·莊·哈奇特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Hackett"
    title: "A. J. Hackett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Hackett"
    title: "A. J. Hackett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Hackett"
    title: "A. J. Hackett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Hackett"
    title: "A. J. Hackett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.J._Hackett"
    title: "A.J. Hackett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Hackett"
    title: "A. J. Hackett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q278793"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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