# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-best
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:52:01.469Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-best"
name: "Simon Best"
slug: "simon-best"
description: "Simon Best is an Irish former rugby union player who played prop for Newcastle Falcons, Ulster, and the Ireland national team. He is the brother of former Ulster and Ireland hooker Rory Best. He was club captain in Ulster's 2005–06 Celtic League-winning season, and captained Ireland twice. He is a member of the IRUPA Hall of Fame."
tagline: "Irish rugby union player"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1978-02-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.546905333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Бест, Саймон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "سيمون بست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "سيمون بست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Best"
    title: "Simon Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Best"
    title: "Simon Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Best"
    title: "Simon Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Best"
    title: "Simon Best"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q543795"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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