# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tatanka
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:41:30.388Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tatanka"
name: "Tatanka"
slug: "tatanka"
description: "Christopher \"Chris\" Chavis is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, under a legends contract. He is citizen of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. He is best known for his tenures in the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Tatanka from 1991 to 1996 and from 2005 to 2007. His ring name is a Lakota word, which means \"bison\"."
tagline: "American professional wrestler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tatanka_CHIKARA.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: "1961-06-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.84
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.07349733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/NativeTatanka"
    handle:    "NativeTatanka"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/nativetatanka/"
    handle:    "nativetatanka"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/NativeTatanka"
    handle:    "NativeTatanka"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154634/"
    handle:    "nm0154634"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://nativetatanka.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/844f1006-7918-472e-a36a-3215a9627029"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "كريستوفر شافيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "كريستوفر شافيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatanka_(Wrestler)"
    title: "Tatanka (Wrestler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatanka_(wrestler)"
    title: "Tatanka (wrestler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatanka"
    title: "Tatanka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%A7_(%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1)"
    title: "تاتانکا (کشتی‌گیر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Chavis"
    title: "Chris Chavis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatanka_(catch)"
    title: "Tatanka (catch)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%94"
    title: "טטנקה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatanka_(wrestler)"
    title: "Tatanka (wrestler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB_(%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC)"
    title: "タタンカ (プロレスラー)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%83%80%ED%83%95%EC%B9%B4_(%ED%94%84%EB%A1%9C%EB%A0%88%EC%8A%AC%EB%A7%81_%EC%84%A0%EC%88%98)"
    title: "타탕카 (프로레슬링 선수)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Chavis"
    title: "Christopher Chavis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Chavis"
    title: "Chris Chavis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2"
    title: "ทาทังกา"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q951430"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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