# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lou-nova
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:09:56.439Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lou-nova"
name: "Lou Nova"
slug: "lou-nova"
description: "Lou Nova also called the Cosmic Puncher was an American boxer and actor. Born in Los Angeles, California, the 6 ft 3+1⁄2 in (1.92 m) Nova was the U.S. and World Amateur Boxing Champion in 1935. After turning pro, he remained undefeated in his first 22 matches, and won 40 fights in total. He was the first top rated boxer to practice yoga, and reportedly did headstands in the dressing room before his title bout with Joe Louis."
tagline: "American boxer (1913-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lou_Nova_getting_off_a_train_(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: "1913-03-16"
deathDate: "1991-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.05
  momentum:             10.36714109274834
  historical:           8.829088
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0636767/"
    handle:    "nm0636767"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%88%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "لو نووا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Nova"
    title: "Lou Nova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "لو نوفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "لو نوفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%86%DB%86%DA%A4%D8%A7"
    title: "لو نۆڤا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Nova"
    title: "Lou Nova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Nova"
    title: "Lou Nova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Nova"
    title: "Lou Nova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A1%9C%EC%9A%B0_%EB%85%B8%EB%B0%94"
    title: "로우 노바"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Nova"
    title: "Lou Nova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3260140"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85439"
    title: "Lou Nova"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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