# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-severn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:27:04.976Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-severn"
name: "Dan Severn"
slug: "dan-severn"
description: "Daniel DeWayne Severn, nicknamed \"the Beast\", is an American retired professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and amateur wrestler. A UFC Hall of Fame member, Severn is considered one of the leading pioneers of mixed martial arts and the first true world-class wrestler to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is best known for his success in the early years of the UFC where he became the first UFC Triple Crown champion in history by winning the UFC 5 tournament, Ultimate Ultimate 1995, and UFC Superfight Championship. Severn has also competed in the International Vale Tudo Championship (IVC), Pride Fighting Championships, Fighting Network Rings, World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC), King of the Cage, Maximum Fighting Championship (MFC) and Cage Rage, and holds a professional MMA record of 101–19–7."
tagline: "American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan_%22The_Beast%22_Severn_2016.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1958-06-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.29
  momentum:             0.7643499206862112
  historical:           13.72625866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0786353/"
    handle:    "nm0786353"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.the-beast.com"
sources:
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    title: "ڈین سیورن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Severn"
    title: "Dan Severn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "دان سيفيرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Severn"
    title: "Dan Severn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Severn"
    title: "Dan Severn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "دن سورن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Severn"
    title: "Dan Severn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Severn"
    title: "Dan Severn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Severn"
    title: "Dan Severn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ダン・スバーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Severn"
    title: "Dan Severn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Severn"
    title: "Dan Severn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BD"
    title: "Северн, Дэн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Severn"
    title: "Dan Severn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD"
    title: "Ден Северн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2268766"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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