# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rolls-gracie
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:40:09.208Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rolls-gracie"
name: "Rolls Gracie"
slug: "rolls-gracie"
description: "Rolls Gracie was a Brazilian martial artist. He was a prominent member of the Gracie family known for their founding of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and considered by some the family's best ever fighter. He was teacher of Rickson Gracie, Carlos Gracie Jr., Royler Gracie, Maurício \"Maurição\" Motta Gomes, Márcio \"Macarrão\" Stambowsky, Rigan Machado and Romero \"Jacare\" Cavalcanti. He died in a hang-gliding accident in 1982. He is the father of Rolles Gracie and Igor Gracie."
tagline: "Brazilian mixed martial artist (1951-1982)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
birthDate: "1951-03-28"
deathDate: "1982-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.15
  momentum:             1.857506361323155
  historical:           5.190188
  currentAttention:     10.31947978512864
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2909271/"
    handle:    "nm2909271"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls_Gracie"
    title: "Rolls Gracie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls_Gracie"
    title: "Rolls Gracie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2_%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C"
    title: "رولز گریسی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ホーウス・グレイシー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls_Gracie"
    title: "Rolls Gracie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10364190"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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