# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-kolov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:20:00.930Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-kolov"
name: "Dan Kolov"
slug: "dan-kolov"
description: "Doncho Kolev Danev, better known by the ring name Dan Kolov, was a Bulgarian professional wrestler born in Sennik, Bulgaria who was the first European freestyle wrestling champion from Bulgaria. He is also famously known for rejecting the offer to become a bodyguard for one of the most powerful mobsters in history Al Capone."
tagline: "Bulgarian professional wrestler (1892–1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DanKolov.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1892-12-26"
deathDate: "1940-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.889166666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%B9%C2%B7%E7%A7%91%E6%B4%9B%E5%A4%AB"
    title: "丹·科洛夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Дан Колов"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_K%C3%B2lov"
    title: "Dan Kòlov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Kolow"
    title: "Dan Kolow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Kolov"
    title: "Dan Kolov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%BF%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%BE"
    title: "Դան Կոլով"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Koloff"
    title: "Dan Koloff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Kolov"
    title: "Dan Kolov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Дан Колов"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q281338"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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