# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-girard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:27:45.405Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-girard"
name: "Joe Girard"
slug: "joe-girard"
description: "Joseph Samuel Girardi, better known as Joe Girard, was an American salesman, motivational speaker, and author. Girard sold 13,001 cars at a Chevrolet dealership between 1963 and 1978, and was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the seller of the most cars in a year. Girard later became a successful motivational speaker, and gave regular presentations for corporate clients including General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, and Kmart. He resided in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, until his death."
tagline: "American salesman (1928–2019)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-11-01"
deathDate: "2019-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.47
  momentum:             0.3181818181818183
  historical:           11.45609333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.joegirard.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://sl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Girard"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "جو جيرارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Girard"
    title: "Joe Girard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Girard"
    title: "Joe Girard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Girard"
    title: "Joe Girard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Girard"
    title: "Joe Girard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Girard"
    title: "Joe Girard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89"
    title: "ジョー・ジラード"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE"
    title: "Джирард, Джо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Джо Джирард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Girard"
    title: "Joe Girard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%94%C2%B7%E5%90%89%E6%8B%89%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "乔·吉拉德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joe_Girard"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q982567"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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