# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rick-mears
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:04:55.007Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rick-mears"
name: "Rick Mears"
slug: "rick-mears"
description: "Richard Ravon Mears is an American former race car driver. He is one of four men to win the Indianapolis 500 four times and is the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six. Mears is also a three-time Indycar series/World Series champion."
tagline: "American racecar driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rick_Mears_(51222961956)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1951-12-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.240732
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Rick Mears"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рик Меърс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rick Mears"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Mears"
    title: "Rick Mears"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Mears"
    title: "Rick Mears"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Mears"
    title: "Rick Mears"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Mears"
    title: "Rick Mears"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Mears"
    title: "Rick Mears"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA"
    title: "リック・メアーズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riks_M%C4%ABrss"
    title: "Riks Mīrss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Mears"
    title: "Rick Mears"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Mears"
    title: "Rick Mears"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Mears"
    title: "Rick Mears"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Mears"
    title: "Rick Mears"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q961554"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump