# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/malcolm-marx
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:56:42.992Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/malcolm-marx"
name: "Malcolm Marx"
slug: "malcolm-marx"
description: "Malcolm Justin Marx is a South African professional rugby union player who currently plays for the South Africa national rugby team and Kubota Spears in the Japan Rugby League One. His regular position is hooker, but he did play as a flanker at youth level for the Golden Lions. He is widely regarded as one of the best hookers in World Rugby and was awarded the 2025 World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year."
tagline: "South African rugby union footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Malcolm_Marx_210227b.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1994-07-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.58
  momentum:             3.397830548226327
  historical:           8.697853333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  249
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/malcolm_marx/"
    handle:    "malcolm_marx"
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9"
    title: "マルコム・マークス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Marx"
    title: "Malcolm Marx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "مالكوم ماركس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Marx"
    title: "Malcolm Marx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Marx"
    title: "Malcolm Marx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Marx"
    title: "Malcolm Marx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Marx"
    title: "Malcolm Marx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Marx"
    title: "Malcolm Marx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Marx"
    title: "Malcolm Marx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Marx"
    title: "Malcolm Marx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16236331"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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