# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pat-sajak
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:33:27.457Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pat-sajak"
name: "Pat Sajak"
slug: "pat-sajak"
description: "Patrick Leonard Sajak ; né Sajdak ; is an American retired game show host, television personality, and creative consultant. He is best known as the host of the television game show Wheel of Fortune, a position which he held from 1981 to 2024. Sajak also served as a consultant for the show, and hosted Celebrity Wheel of Fortune until 2025. For his work on Wheel, Sajak has received 19 nominations for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host, winning thrice, and twice nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Game Show, winning in 2024. In 2019, he was recognized by Guinness World Records for having the longest-serving career as a game show host for the same show, surpassing previous record holder Bob Barker."
tagline: "American television host (born 1946)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/National_Memorial_Day_Parade%2C_Grand_Marshall%2C_Pat_Sajak%2C_Mon_30_May_2011_(11).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "TV Personality"
  slug: "tv-personality"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1946-10-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.54428666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/patsajak"
    handle:    "patsajak"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0756929/"
    handle:    "nm0756929"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "بات سجاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%DA%A9"
    title: "پات ساجاک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Sajak"
    title: "Pat Sajak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Sajak"
    title: "Pat Sajak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Sajak"
    title: "Pat Sajak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%DA%A9"
    title: "پت ساجاک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Sajak"
    title: "Pat Sajak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "パット・セイジャック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Sajak"
    title: "Pat Sajak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Sajak"
    title: "Pat Sajak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%95%E7%89%B9%C2%B7%E8%96%A9%E5%8A%A0%E5%85%8B"
    title: "帕特·薩加克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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