# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-simmons
# Generated: 2026-09-06T20:05:06.154Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-simmons"
name: "Bill Simmons"
slug: "bill-simmons"
description: "William John Simmons III is an American sports podcaster, sportswriter, and cultural critic. He is the founder of the sports and pop culture website The Ringer."
tagline: "American sports columnist, author, and podcaster"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Connor_Schell._Bill_Simmons%2C_John_Dahl_and_Ra%C3%BAl_Garza%2C_May_2011_(3)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Podcasters"
  slug: "podcasters"
profileType:
  name: "Podcaster"
  slug: "podcaster"
birthDate: "1969-09-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.7
  momentum:             2.584884305835009
  historical:           7.72054
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 26
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/billsimmons"
    handle:    "billsimmons"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/sptguy33/"
    handle:    "sptguy33"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/billsimmons"
    handle:    "billsimmons"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1270185/"
    handle:    "nm1270185"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيل سيمونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Simmons"
    title: "Bill Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Simmons"
    title: "Bill Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Simmons"
    title: "Bill Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Simmons"
    title: "Bill Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A1"
    title: "ביל סימונס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4910873"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1251402"
    title: "Bill Simmons"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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