# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/denis-waitley
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:49:46.990Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/denis-waitley"
name: "Denis Waitley"
slug: "denis-waitley"
description: "Denis E. Waitley was an American motivational speaker, writer and consultant. He has been recognized as the best-selling author of the audio series, The Psychology of Winning and books such as Seeds of Greatness and The Winner's Edge. Waitley has been inducted into the International Speakers' Hall of Fame. Denis died on June 7, 2025."
tagline: "American writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1933-06-06"
deathDate: "2025-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.299750666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.waitley.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Waitley"
    title: "Denis Waitley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Waitley"
    title: "Denis Waitley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Waitley"
    title: "Denis Waitley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Denis_Waitley"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/Denis_Vatley"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Denis_Waitley"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5257571"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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