# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-farhat
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:27:26.757Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-farhat"
name: "Ed Farhat"
slug: "ed-farhat"
description: "Edward George Farhat was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Sheik. In wrestling, Farhat, whose career debuted in 1947, is credited as one of the originators of the hardcore style, is also retroactively called The Original Sheik, mostly to distinguish him from the similarly named Iron Sheik who debuted in 1972."
tagline: "American professional wrestler (1926–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Sheik_-_29_december_1975_-_WRESTLING_PROGRAM_NORTH_SIDE_COLISEUM_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1924-06-09"
deathDate: "2003-01-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.4104
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1348010/"
    handle:    "nm1348010"
sources:
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%81_(%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B3)"
    title: "เดอะชีก (นักมวยปล้ำ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "إد فرحات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "اد فرحات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sheik_(Wrestler)"
    title: "The Sheik (Wrestler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%A6%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%AC%CF%84"
    title: "Εντ Φαρχάτ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sheik_(wrestler)"
    title: "The Sheik (wrestler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Farhat"
    title: "Ed Farhat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sheik"
    title: "The Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sheik"
    title: "The Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sheik_(wrestler)"
    title: "The Sheik (wrestler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ザ・シーク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Farhat"
    title: "Ed Farhat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Farhat"
    title: "Ed Farhat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q783592"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1240613"
    title: "Ed Farhat"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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