# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dennis-shepard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:28:37.765Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dennis-shepard"
name: "Dennis Shepard"
slug: "dennis-shepard"
description: "Dennis Shepard is the father of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student at University of Wyoming who was murdered in October 1998 in what became one of the most high-profile hate crimes against LGBTQ people in the United States. He and his wife, Judy Shepard, are co-founders of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, and advocate for LGBT rights. He has been an advocate for parental support of LGBTQ children both during Matthew's life and, very publicly, since Matthew's death. He and Judy continue to live and work in Casper."
tagline: "Father of Matthew Shepard and oil industry safety specialist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dennis_Shepard_visit_to_Sweden_December_2013_(11221087796-cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           45.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           2.507028
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  36
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "دينيس شيبيرد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Shepard"
    title: "Dennis Shepard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16205768"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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