# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:09:41.794Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-taylor"
name: "Simon Taylor"
slug: "simon-taylor"
description: "Simon Marcus Taylor is a Scottish retired professional rugby union footballer who played for Bath Rugby, Stade Français and Edinburgh Rugby. He played as a back-row forward, usually a number eight. He played for Edinburgh for six seasons between 2000 and 2006 and in 2007 agreed a three-year deal with Stade Français joining them immediately after the 2007 World Cup. In the summer of 2010, Taylor signed for Bath Rugby in the English Aviva Premiership. He also represented Scotland and the British and Irish Lions. At the start of his rugby career, he played for Heriot's Former Pupils."
tagline: "Scottish rugby union player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon_Taylor.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1979-08-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.66
  momentum:             1.327433628318584
  historical:           6.542549333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80"
    title: "Сајмон Тејлор"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%BA%D8%A8%D9%8A)"
    title: "سيمون تايلور (لاعب اتحاد الرغبي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Taylor_(Rugbyspieler)"
    title: "Simon Taylor (Rugbyspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Taylor_(rugby_union)"
    title: "Simon Taylor (rugby union)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Taylor"
    title: "Simon Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Taylor"
    title: "Simon Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Taylor"
    title: "Simon Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q930517"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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