# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-werikhe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:21:30.751Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-werikhe"
name: "Michael Werikhe"
slug: "michael-werikhe"
description: "Michael Werikhe, also known as “the Rhino Man” was a Kenyan conservationist. He became famous through his long fundraising walks in the African Great Lakes region and overseas. He started his campaign after learning how drastically Black Rhinos had decreased in Africa. Wherever he walked, his arrival was greeted with much public fanfare and media attention. This helped to raise funds for conservation of Rhinos and other endangered African mammals."
tagline: "Kenyan conservationist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_werikhe.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1956-05-25"
deathDate: "1999-08-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.335817333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Werikhe"
    title: "Michael Werikhe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE"
    title: "مايكل وريخ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Werikhe"
    title: "Michael Werikhe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Werikhe"
    title: "Michael Werikhe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Werikhe"
    title: "Michael Werikhe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Werikhe"
    title: "Michael Werikhe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Werikh"
    title: "Michael Werikh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6835289"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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