# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herb-dean
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:23:58.432Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herb-dean"
name: "Herb Dean"
slug: "herb-dean"
description: "Herb Dean is an American professional mixed martial arts referee and former mixed martial artist. Dean has worked events put on by the Ultimate Fighting Championship and ONE Championship promotions, among others. He is frequently called the gold standard for referees in MMA."
tagline: "Mixed martial arts referee"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herb_Dean_interview_with_MMAnytt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1970-09-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.74
  momentum:             5.302756570895739
  historical:           9.678621333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/HerbDeanMMA"
    handle:    "HerbDeanMMA"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1851325/"
    handle:    "nm1851325"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.herbdean.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Dean"
    title: "Herb Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "هيرب دين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Dean"
    title: "Herb Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Dean"
    title: "Herb Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Dean"
    title: "Herb Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A8_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "هرب دین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Dean"
    title: "Herb Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ハーブ・ディーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbs_D%C4%ABns"
    title: "Herbs Dīns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5732922"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1052853"
    title: "Herb Dean"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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