# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ron-galella
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:44:44.506Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ron-galella"
name: "Ron Galella"
slug: "ron-galella"
description: "Ronald Edward Galella was an American photographer, known as a pioneer paparazzo. Dubbed \"Paparazzo Extraordinaire\" by Newsweek and \"the Godfather of the U.S. paparazzi culture\" by Time magazine and Vanity Fair, he is regarded by Harper's Bazaar as \"arguably the most controversial paparazzo of all time\". He photographed many celebrities out of the public eye and gained notice for his feuds with some of them, including Jacqueline Onassis and Marlon Brando. Despite the numerous controversies and claims of stalking, Galella's work was praised and exhibited in art galleries worldwide."
tagline: "American photographer and paparazzo (1931–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ron_GalellapH.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1931-01-10"
deathDate: "2022-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.271748
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/rongalella"
    handle:    "rongalella"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/ron_galella/"
    handle:    "ron_galella"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/rongalella"
    handle:    "rongalella"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3108406/"
    handle:    "nm3108406"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rongalella.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Ron Galella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رون جاليلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Galella"
    title: "Ron Galella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Galella"
    title: "Ron Galella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Galella"
    title: "Ron Galella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Galella"
    title: "Ron Galella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Galella"
    title: "Ron Galella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A4_%D4%B3%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%AC%D5%A1"
    title: "Ռոնալդ Գալելլա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Galella"
    title: "Ron Galella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Galella"
    title: "Ron Galella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331364"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3032482"
    title: "Ron Galella"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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