# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-buffer
# Generated: 2026-09-03T11:24:41.230Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-buffer"
name: "Michael Buffer"
slug: "michael-buffer"
description: "Michael Buffer is an American ring announcer for boxing, professional wrestling, and National Football League events. Pioneering a distinct announcing style in which he rolls certain letters and adds other inflections to a fighter’s name, and known for his trademarked catchphrase: \"Let's get ready to rumble!\", he was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2019."
tagline: "American ring announcer for boxing and professional wrestling matches"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Buffer_Fight_For_Children_Washington_DC_Nov_2007.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1944-11-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           60.64
  momentum:             20.55281629857901
  historical:           23.10185866666667
  currentAttention:     65.39285714285714
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/michael_buffer"
    handle:    "michael_buffer"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/realmichaelbuffer/"
    handle:    "realmichaelbuffer"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0119354/"
    handle:    "nm0119354"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.letsrumble.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "مايكل بفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مايكل بفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مایکڵ بافەر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Buffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Buffer"
    title: "Michael Buffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Buffer"
    title: "Michael Buffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Buffer"
    title: "Michael Buffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مایکل بافر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Buffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Buffer"
    title: "Michael Buffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Buffer"
    title: "Michael Buffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Մայքլ Բաֆեր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Buffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%83%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC"
    title: "マイケル・バッファー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Майкл Баффер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Buffer"
    title: "Michael Buffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Buffer"
    title: "Michael Buffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB"
    title: "Баффер, Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Buffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Buffer"
    title: "Michael Buffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Buffer"
    title: "Michael Buffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Майкл Баффер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Buffer"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28783"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66072"
    title: "Michael Buffer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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