# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-dahl
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:51:07.432Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-dahl"
name: "Gary Dahl"
slug: "gary-dahl"
description: "Gary Ross Dahl was an American businessman and advertising director. He founded and created the collectable toy Pet Rock—smooth stones from the city of Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico, in the mid-1970s—which was successful enough to make him a millionaire."
tagline: "American businessman"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1936-12-18"
deathDate: "2015-03-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.88
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.315086666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Dahl_(businessman)"
    title: "Gary Dahl (businessman)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%84"
    title: "غاري داهل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%84"
    title: "جارى داهل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%96_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BB"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Dahl"
    title: "Gary Dahl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Dahl_(mfanyabiashara)"
    title: "Gary Dahl (mfanyabiashara)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5524937"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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