# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafer-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:23:50.228Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafer-johnson"
name: "Rafer Johnson"
slug: "rafer-johnson"
description: "Rafer Lewis Johnson was an American decathlete and film and television actor. He was the 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon, having won silver in 1956. He had previously won a gold at the 1955 Pan American Games. Johnson was the U.S. team's flag bearer at the 1960 Olympics and lit the Olympic cauldron at the 1984 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "American athlete and actor (1934–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rafer_Johnson_1960.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1934-08-18"
deathDate: "2020-12-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           21.779892
  currentAttention:     6.28
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0426020"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump