# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ron-simmons
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:13:51.213Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ron-simmons"
name: "Ron Simmons"
slug: "ron-simmons"
description: "Ronald Kyle Simmons is an American former professional wrestler and football player. He is best known for his tenures in WWE and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) where he was the first ever African American WCW Champion. Prior to becoming a professional wrestler, Simmons played football as a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL), Canadian Football League (CFL) and United States Football League (USFL) for four seasons during the 1980s."
tagline: "American football player and professional wrestler (born 1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ron_Simmons_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1958-05-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.90461733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799881/"
    handle:    "nm0799881"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "فاروق (مصارع)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فاروق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ron Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Simmons"
    title: "Ron Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%82"
    title: "Ρον Σίμονς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Simmons"
    title: "Ron Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Simmons"
    title: "Ron Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ران سایمونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Simmons"
    title: "Ron Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "רון סימונס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Simmons"
    title: "Ron Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ロン・シモンズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A1%A0_%EC%8B%9C%EB%AA%AC%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "론 시몬스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Simmons"
    title: "Ron Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Simmons"
    title: "Ron Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Simmons"
    title: "Ron Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Симмонс, Рон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Simmons"
    title: "Ron Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "รอน ซิมมอนส์"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Simmons"
    title: "Ron Simmons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447463"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1197005"
    title: "Ron Simmons"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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