# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rip-esselstyn
# Generated: 2026-08-20T23:52:12.955Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rip-esselstyn"
name: "Rip Esselstyn"
slug: "rip-esselstyn"
description: "Rip Esselstyn is an American health activist, food writer, and former firefighter and triathlete. He is an advocate of a low-fat, whole-food, plant-based diet that excludes all animal products and processed foods. He calls it a \"plant strong\" diet, a term he has trademarked. He is the author of The Engine 2 Diet (2009), My Beef With Meat (2013), Plant-Strong (2016), and The Engine 2 Seven-Day Rescue Diet (2017). Esselstyn is the founder and CEO of PLANTSTRONG, a company focused on whole food, plant-based nutrition and combating the rise of ultra-processed foods."
tagline: "Non-fiction writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rip_Esselstyn.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1963-02-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           2.916526666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  48
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Esselstyn"
    title: "Rip Esselstyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Esselstyn"
    title: "Rip Esselstyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rip_Esselstyn"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7335495"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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