# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nigel-owens
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:43:07.630Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nigel-owens"
name: "Nigel Owens"
slug: "nigel-owens"
description: "Nigel Owens, is a Welsh former international rugby union referee, who retired in December 2020 after a 23-year career. He previously held the world record for the most test matches refereed and was one of five international referees listed as professional within the Welsh Rugby Union, along with Craig Evans, Adam Jones, Dan Jones and Ben Whitehouse. He is widely considered to have been one of the greatest rugby referees of all time."
tagline: "Welsh rugby union referee"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nigel_Owens_Pro_12_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1971-06-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.07
  momentum:             1.553372964590334
  historical:           9.76092
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nigel_Owens"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "نايجل أوينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Owens"
    title: "Nigel Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Owens"
    title: "Nigel Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Owens"
    title: "Nigel Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Owens"
    title: "Nigel Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Owens"
    title: "Nigel Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Owens"
    title: "Nigel Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ナイジェル・オーウェンズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Owens"
    title: "Nigel Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Оуэнс, Найджел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2609520"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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