# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alex-trebek
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:03:53.823Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alex-trebek"
name: "Alex Trebek"
slug: "alex-trebek"
description: "George Alexander Trebek was a Canadian and American game show host and television personality. Regarded as a pop culture icon, he was best known for hosting the syndicated quiz show Jeopardy! for 37 seasons from its revival in 1984 until his death in 2020. Trebek also hosted a number of other game shows, including The Wizard of Odds, Double Dare, High Rollers, Battlestars, Classic Concentration, and To Tell the Truth. He made appearances, usually as himself, in numerous films and television series."
tagline: "Canadian and American game show host and TV personality (1940–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alex_Trebek_at_the_71st_Annual_Peabody_Awards_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1940-07-22"
deathDate: "2020-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  228
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump