# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roy-sullivan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:19:53.514Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roy-sullivan"
name: "Roy Sullivan"
slug: "roy-sullivan"
description: "Roy Cleveland Sullivan was an American park ranger in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Between 1942 and 1977, Sullivan was claimed to have survived being struck by lightning seven times. For this reason, he gained the nicknames \"Human Lightning Conductor\" and \"Human Lightning Rod\". Sullivan is recognized by Guinness World Records as the person struck by lightning more recorded times than any other human."
tagline: "American park ranger"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Ranger_Roy_Sullivan%2C_Lightning_Struck_%2851861133692%29.jpg/330px-Ranger_Roy_Sullivan%2C_Lightning_Struck_%2851861133692%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1912-02-07"
deathDate: "1983-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.76190933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13752805/"
    handle:    "nm13752805"
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    title: "Салливан, Рой"
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    title: "รอย ซัลลิแวน"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump