# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/boris-malenko
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:29:39.342Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/boris-malenko"
name: "Boris Malenko"
slug: "boris-malenko"
description: "Lawrence J. Simon, better known by the ring name Boris Malenko, was an American professional wrestler and professional wrestling trainer. He is best known for his appearances with Championship Wrestling from Florida and Big Time Wrestling in the 1960s and 1970s as a Russian heel. He was the father of professional wrestlers Joe and Dean Malenko."
tagline: "American professional wrestler (1933-1994)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/Boris_Malenko.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1933-06-28"
deathDate: "1994-09-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.523701333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Malenko"
    title: "Boris Malenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "بوريس مالينكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%86%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8E%D9%86%DA%A9%DB%86"
    title: "بۆریس مالێنکۆ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Malenko"
    title: "Boris Malenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88"
    title: "بوریس مالنکو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Malenko"
    title: "Boris Malenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B3"
    title: "ボリス・マレンコ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4945326"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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