# The Iron Sheik

> Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, better known by his ring name the Iron Sheik, was an Iranian-American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and actor. To date he is the only Iranian champion in WWE history, having won the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in 1983.

*Iranian-American professional wrestler and actor (1942–2023)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/the-iron-sheik

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1942-03-15
- **Died:** 2023-06-07
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 75.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 85.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/the_ironsheik (@the_ironsheik)
- **INSTAGRAM**: https://www.instagram.com/therealironsheik/ (@therealironsheik)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891443/ (@nm0891443)

## Sources
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0bb2ebc6-74a9-490a-ab28-165c527f24ec)
- [ذا آيرون شيك](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B0%D8%A7_%D8%A2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83)
- [ذا ايرون شيك](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B0%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%83)
- [شێخی ئاسن](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8E%D8%AE%DB%8C_%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%86)
- [The Iron Sheik](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik)
- [The Iron Sheik](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik)
- [The Iron Sheik](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik)
- [Άιρον Σέικ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%86%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%A3%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%BA)
- [The Iron Sheik](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik)
- [The Iron Sheik](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik)
- [شیخ آهنین](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AE_%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%86)
- [Iron Sheik](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sheik)
- [Iron Sheik](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sheik)
- [Sheik na ƙarfe](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheik_na_%C6%99arfe)
- [Iron Sheikh](https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sheikh)
- [Երկաթյա շեյխ](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B5%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%A1_%D5%B7%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%AD)
- [The Iron Sheik](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik)
- [The Iron Sheik](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik)
- [アイアン・シーク](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF)
- [아이언 쉬크](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EC%9D%B4%EC%96%B8_%EC%89%AC%ED%81%AC)
- [The Iron Sheik](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik)
- [The Iron Sheik](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik)
- [The Iron Sheik](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik)
- [Железный Шейх](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%85)
- [Iron Sheik](https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sheik)
- [The Iron Sheik](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289781)
- [Khosrow Vaziri](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/567585)

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