# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-norton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:06:12.675Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-norton"
name: "Ken Norton"
slug: "ken-norton"
description: "Kenneth Howard Norton Sr. was an American boxer who competed professionally from 1967 to 1981. He was awarded the WBC world heavyweight championship in 1978, after winning a close split decision over Jimmy Young in a title eliminator bout."
tagline: "American boxer (1943-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ken_Norton_1976cr.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1943-08-09"
deathDate: "2013-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 242
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump