# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/neil-leifer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:58:04.365Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/neil-leifer"
name: "Neil Leifer"
slug: "neil-leifer"
description: "Neil Leifer is an American sports photographer and filmmaker known mainly for his work with Sports Illustrated and Time. His photograph of Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston, taken on May 25, 1965, in Lewiston, Maine, \"is considered by many to be the greatest sports photo of all time.\""
tagline: "American photographer (1942- )"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Neil_Leifer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1942-12-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.98
  momentum:             1.67973124300112
  historical:           5.770881333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0500145/"
    handle:    "nm0500145"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4332826"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "نيل ليفير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Leifer"
    title: "Neil Leifer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Leifer"
    title: "Neil Leifer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "نیل لیفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Neil_Leifer"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3874304"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1069856"
    title: "Neil Leifer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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