# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-hough
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:51:44.943Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-hough"
name: "Derek Hough"
slug: "derek-hough"
description: "Derek Bruce Hough is an American professional Latin and ballroom dancer, choreographer, actor, singer, and television personality. From 2007 to 2016, Hough was a professional dancer on the ABC dance competition series Dancing with the Stars, winning the show a record-breaking six times with his celebrity partners. For his work, Hough received 14 nominations for the Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Choreography, winning the award 4 times. Hough later became a judge on the series beginning with its 29th season."
tagline: "American dancer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Derek_Hough_-_Walk_of_Fame-01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1985-05-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           72.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.476704
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 114000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/derekhough"
    handle:    "derekhough"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/derekhough/"
    handle:    "derekhough"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@derekhough"
    handle:    "derekhough"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/DerekHough"
    handle:    "DerekHough"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2625538/"
    handle:    "nm2625538"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://derekhough.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXLxZEJD-cJW1XWka1ueLA"
    handle:    "@derekhoughofficial"
    followers: 114000
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derek Hough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "דרק האף"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derek Hough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Хаф, Дерек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derek Hough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derek Hough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ڈیرک ہاف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derek Hough"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Derek Hough"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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