# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/iyanla-vanzant
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:00:49.152Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/iyanla-vanzant"
name: "Iyanla Vanzant"
slug: "iyanla-vanzant"
description: "Iyanla Vanzant is an American inspirational speaker, lawyer, New Thought spiritual teacher, author, life coach, and television personality. She is known primarily for her books, her eponymous talk show, and her appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show. From 2012 to 2021, she served as host of OWN's Iyanla: Fix My Life."
tagline: "American inspirational speaker, lawyer, spiritual teacher, author, life coach and television personality"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Iyanla_Vanzant_2019.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1953-09-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.311353333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/iyanlavanzant"
    handle:    "iyanlavanzant"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/iyanlavanzant/"
    handle:    "iyanlavanzant"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/DrIyanlaVanzant"
    handle:    "DrIyanlaVanzant"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0889395/"
    handle:    "nm0889395"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.iyanla.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4421345"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iyanla_Vanzant"
    title: "Iyanla Vanzant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iyanla_Vanzant"
    title: "Iyanla Vanzant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iyanla_Vanzant"
    title: "Iyanla Vanzant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iyanla_Vanzant"
    title: "Iyanla Vanzant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iyanla_Vanzant"
    title: "Iyanla Vanzant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%2C_%D0%98%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Ванзант, Иянла"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Iyanla_Vanzant"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d98399f8-8eae-458a-84ae-1c49befdda41"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6101249"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213467"
    title: "Iyanla Vanzant"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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