# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lou-thesz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:25:49.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lou-thesz"
name: "Lou Thesz"
slug: "lou-thesz"
description: "Aloysius Martin Thesz, known by the ring name Lou Thesz, was an American professional wrestler and wrestling coach. Considered to be one of the last true shooters in professional wrestling and described as the \"quintessential athlete\" and a \"polished warrior who could break a man in two if pushed the wrong way\", Thesz is widely regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers and wrestling world champions in history, and possibly the last globally accepted world champion."
tagline: "American professional wrestler (1916-2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1953_St.Paul_Armory_Wrestling_Program_-_Lou_Thesz.jpg?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: "1916-04-24"
deathDate: "2002-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.71630666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0857666/"
    handle:    "nm0857666"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B7%AF%C2%B7%E5%A1%9E%E8%8C%B2"
    title: "路·塞茲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Thesz"
    title: "Lou Thesz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%B2"
    title: "لو ثيسز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Thesz"
    title: "Lou Thesz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Thesz"
    title: "Lou Thesz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%98%CE%B5%CE%B6"
    title: "Λου Θεζ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Thesz"
    title: "Lou Thesz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Thesz"
    title: "Lou Thesz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Thesz"
    title: "Lou Thesz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Thesz"
    title: "Lou Thesz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ルー・テーズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A3%A8_%ED%85%8C%EC%A6%88"
    title: "루 테즈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Thesz"
    title: "Lou Thesz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Thesz"
    title: "Lou Thesz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Thesz"
    title: "Lou Thesz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%B7%2C_%D0%9B%D1%83"
    title: "Тез, Лу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Thesz"
    title: "Lou Thesz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Thesz"
    title: "Lou Thesz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B9_%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%8C"
    title: "ลู เธสซ์"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Thesz"
    title: "Lou Thesz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466053"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1463965"
    title: "Lou Thesz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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