# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-simmons
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:53:47.763Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-simmons"
name: "Richard Simmons"
slug: "richard-simmons"
description: "Milton Teagle \"Richard\" Simmons was an American fitness instructor and television personality. He was a promoter of weight-loss programs, most prominently through his television show, The Richard Simmons Show and later the Sweatin' to the Oldies line of aerobics videos."
tagline: "American fitness instructor and video producer (1948–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RichardSimmonsSept2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1948-07-12"
deathDate: "2024-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           76.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           30.08488133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 53300
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TheWeightSaint"
    handle:    "TheWeightSaint"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/theweightsaint/"
    handle:    "theweightsaint"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://richardsimmons.com"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TheWeightSaint"
    handle:    "TheWeightSaint"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799873/"
    handle:    "nm0799873"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "2iHoAyWMSBlE0ynGkTloCn"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbFzNKPVfnFVK8MWmi4nWKA"
    handle:    "@theweightsaint"
    followers: 53300
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Richard Simmons"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ричард Симънс"
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    title: "Richard Simmons"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Simmons"
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  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Simmons"
    title: "Richard Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Simmons"
    title: "Richard Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Simmons"
    title: "Richard Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Simmons"
    title: "Richard Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%AF%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%A3%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%82"
    title: "Ρίτσαρντ Σίμονς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Simmons"
    title: "Richard Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Simmons"
    title: "Richard Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Simmons"
    title: "Richard Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Simmons"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8cb8dc40-cc36-4885-92f7-c512c0b081a0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q498019"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/260229"
    title: "Richard Simmons"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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