# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abe-simon
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:11:46.658Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abe-simon"
name: "Abe Simon"
slug: "abe-simon"
description: "Abraham Simon was an American professional heavyweight boxer. He fought Joe Louis for the world heavyweight title twice. He was managed for most of his career by Jimmy Johnston, and trained by Freddie Brown. In 1940, he was rated the sixth best heavyweight in the world, and would rise higher in the next two years. After retiring, he became an actor and had roles in two of America's best-known movies about boxers, Academy Award winner On the Waterfront and Requiem for a Heavyweight."
tagline: "American boxer (1913-1969)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Abe_Simon_1941_%282%29.jpg/330px-Abe_Simon_1941_%282%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1913-01-01"
deathDate: "1969-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.43
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.683988
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800047/"
    handle:    "nm0800047"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Simon"
    title: "Abe Simon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Simon"
    title: "Abe Simon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Simon"
    title: "Abe Simon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "أبي سيمون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ابى سيمون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%95%DB%8C%D8%A8_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%86%D9%86"
    title: "ئەیب سایمۆن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Simon"
    title: "Abe Simon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4666439"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1125637"
    title: "Abe Simon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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