# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nik-wallenda
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:25:51.671Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nik-wallenda"
name: "Nik Wallenda"
slug: "nik-wallenda"
description: "Nikolas Wallenda is an American acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, high wire artist, and author. He is known for his high-wire performances without a safety net. He holds 11 Guinness World Records for various acrobatic feats, and is best known as the first person to walk a tightrope stretched directly over Niagara Falls. Wallenda walked 1,800 feet (550 m) on a steel cable over Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua, his longest walk, on March 4, 2020."
tagline: "American acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, and high wire artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nik_Wallenda_waving.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1979-01-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           13.979748
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm4499532"
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    url:       "http://nikwallenda.com/"
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    title: "Nik Wallenda"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump