# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-mays
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:19:14.297Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-mays"
name: "Billy Mays"
slug: "billy-mays"
description: "William Darrell Mays Jr. was an American television direct-response advertisement salesperson. Throughout his career, he promoted a wide variety of products, including OxiClean, Orange Glo, Kaboom, Zorbeez, and Mighty Mendit. His promotions aired mainly on the Home Shopping Network through his company, Mays Promotions, Inc., although they have aired on other syndicated networks. Mays's infomercials were known for his catch phrase \"Hi, Billy Mays here\", and his shouted delivery of lines."
tagline: "European-American salesperson (1958–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Mays_headshot.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1958-07-20"
deathDate: "2009-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.23
  momentum:             1.182918848167539
  historical:           22.13818
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/realBillyMays"
    handle:    "realBillyMays"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Billy-Mays-21595945195"
    handle:    "Billy-Mays-21595945195"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3398712/"
    handle:    "nm3398712"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Billy Mays"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump