# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herschel-walker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:29:08.881Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herschel-walker"
name: "Herschel Walker"
slug: "herschel-walker"
description: "Herschel Junior Walker is an American diplomat and former professional football running back who has served as United States ambassador to the Bahamas since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he previously played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. He was the Republican nominee in the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Georgia."
tagline: "American football player and Republican Georgia Senate political candidate (born 1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herschel_Walker_in_May_2018_(1).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: "1962-03-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.13
  momentum:             18.14176090468498
  historical:           14.30473733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/herschelwalker"
    handle:    "herschelwalker"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907786/"
    handle:    "nm0907786"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.teamherschel.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "هيرشل ووكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هيرشل ووكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Herschel Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Walker"
    title: "Herschel Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Walker"
    title: "Herschel Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%84_%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "هرشل واکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Walker"
    title: "Herschel Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Walker"
    title: "Herschel Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A8"
    title: "הרשל ווקר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Walker"
    title: "Herschel Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Walker"
    title: "Herschel Walker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Herschel_Walker"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9400608e-99b2-4f4d-8944-08d8f2d4f8ff"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/227811"
    title: "Herschel Walker"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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