# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-the-plumber
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:59:56.394Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-the-plumber"
name: "Joe the Plumber"
slug: "joe-the-plumber"
description: "Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, commonly known as \"Joe the Plumber\", was an American conservative activist and commentator. He gained national attention during the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign season when, during a videotaped campaign stop in Ohio by Democratic nominee Barack Obama, Wurzelbacher raised concerns that Obama's tax policy would increase taxes on small business owners. Wurzelbacher was a member of the Republican Party."
tagline: "American conservative activist and commentator (1973–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samuel_Joseph_Wurzelbacher.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1973-12-03"
deathDate: "2023-08-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.59655466666667
  currentAttention:     3.96
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump