# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lester-holt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:14:51.789Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lester-holt"
name: "Lester Holt"
slug: "lester-holt"
description: "Lester Don Holt Jr. is an American journalist who was the news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News, NBC Nightly News Kids Edition, and is currently news anchor for Dateline NBC. On June 18, 2015, Holt was made the permanent anchor of NBC Nightly News following the Iraq War-reporting controversy of Brian Williams. Holt followed in the career footsteps of Max Robinson, an ABC News evening co-anchor, and became the first Black male solo anchor for a major network newscast."
tagline: "American journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lester_Holt_2022.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1959-03-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.49174145863187
  historical:           13.16746266666667
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "LesterHoltNBC"
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    handle:    "LesterHoltNBC"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لستر هولت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lester Holt"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump