# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-bale
# Generated: 2026-09-03T12:22:44.015Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-bale"
name: "David Bale"
slug: "david-bale"
description: "David Charles Howard Bale was an English entrepreneur, environmentalist, and animal welfare activist. He was the father of actor Christian Bale and the husband of Gloria Steinem."
tagline: "English businessperson (1941–2003)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c4/David_Charles_Howard_Bale.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1941-09-02"
deathDate: "2003-12-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.741229333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bale"
    title: "David Bale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%84_%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84)"
    title: "ديفيد بيل (رجل أعمال)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7)"
    title: "ديفيد بيل (رائد اعمال من جنوب افريقيا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bale"
    title: "David Bale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bale"
    title: "David Bale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bale"
    title: "David Bale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "دیوید بیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1443125"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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