# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-valiant
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:50:16.027Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-valiant"
name: "Johnny Valiant"
slug: "johnny-valiant"
description: "John L. Sullivan was an American professional wrestler and manager, better known by his ring name, Johnny Valiant. He competed in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), which became the World Wrestling Federation during his time with the promotion. He won the World Tag Team Championship two times. The first run was with his first and most famous storyline brother Jimmy Valiant over Tony Garea and Dean Ho on May 8, 1974; his second title run was with his second storyline brother Jerry Valiant over Tony Garea and Larry Zbyszko on March 6, 1979."
tagline: "American professional wrestler and manager (1946-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnny_Valiant_1981.png?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: "1946-11-25"
deathDate: "2018-04-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.02635733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0992147/"
    handle:    "nm0992147"
sources:
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    title: "Johnny Valiant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جۆنی ڤالیانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Valiant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Valiant"
    title: "Johnny Valiant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Valiant"
    title: "Johnny Valiant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Valiant"
    title: "Johnny Valiant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Valiant"
    title: "Johnny Valiant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジョニー・バリアント"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Valiant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Valiant"
    title: "Johnny Valiant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Valiant"
    title: "Johnny Valiant"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2591877"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Johnny Valiant"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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