# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-ho
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:52:04.199Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-ho"
name: "Derek Ho"
slug: "derek-ho"
description: "Derek Ho was a Hawaiian Chinese surfer who won the world surfing championship in 1993. Ho was born in Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii. He began surfing at the age of three, and won the world title at age 29, making him the first Native Hawaiian world champion. Derek Ho was the brother of Michael Ho, another champion surfer, and the first cousin of Don Ho, the Hawaiian singer. He was the uncle of professional surfers Mason Ho and Coco Ho."
tagline: "American surfer (1964–2020)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1964-09-26"
deathDate: "2020-07-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.899822666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3911146/"
    handle:    "nm3911146"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Ho"
    title: "Derek Ho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%87%D9%88"
    title: "ديريك هو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Ho"
    title: "Derek Ho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Ho"
    title: "Derek Ho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Ho"
    title: "Derek Ho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Ho"
    title: "Derek Ho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Ho"
    title: "Derek Ho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Ho"
    title: "Derek Ho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1464803"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2980620"
    title: "Derek Ho"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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