# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-allen-white
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:17:58.060Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-allen-white"
name: "Leon Allen White"
slug: "leon-allen-white"
description: "Leon Allen White, better known by his ring names Big Van Vader or simply Vader, was an American professional wrestler and professional football player. During his career, he performed for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Catch Wrestling Association (CWA), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), and Pro Wrestling Noah during the 1990s and 2000s. He is widely regarded as the greatest super-heavyweight professional wrestler of all time."
tagline: "American professional wrestler (1955–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vader_2014_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1955-05-14"
deathDate: "2018-06-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.56152933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/itsvadertime"
    handle:    "itsvadertime"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925120/"
    handle:    "nm0925120"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فيدر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیق وان ویدار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لیۆن ئالن وایت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leon White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Big Van Vader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "빅 밴 베이더"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Big Van Vader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Big Van Vader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Van_Vader"
    title: "Big Van Vader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Биг Ван Вейдер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "บิ๊ก แวน เวเดอร์"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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