# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-earl-hughes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:17:45.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-earl-hughes"
name: "Robert Earl Hughes"
slug: "robert-earl-hughes"
description: "Robert Earl Hughes was an American man who was, during his lifetime, the heaviest human being recorded, weighing 1,071 pounds (486 kg). He remains the heaviest human in the world able to walk without the need of assistance."
tagline: "American entertainer (1926–1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Earl_Hughes_in_1951_by_the_Associated_Press.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1926-06-04"
deathDate: "1958-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.66725866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "羅伯特·厄爾·休斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "روبرت إيرل هيوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Earl_Hughes"
    title: "Robert Earl Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Earl_Hughes"
    title: "Robert Earl Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Earl_Hughes"
    title: "Robert Earl Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Earl_Hughes"
    title: "Robert Earl Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Earl_Hughes"
    title: "Robert Earl Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ロバート・アール・ヒューズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Earl_Hughes"
    title: "Robert Earl Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Earl_Hughes"
    title: "Robert Earl Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Earl_Hughes"
    title: "Robert Earl Hughes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8C%D1%8E%D0%B7%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BB"
    title: "Хьюз, Роберт Эрл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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