# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/the-iron-sheik
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:57:18.001Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/the-iron-sheik"
name: "The Iron Sheik"
slug: "the-iron-sheik"
description: "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."
tagline: "Iranian-American professional wrestler and actor (1942–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Iron_Sheik_2009.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: "1942-03-15"
deathDate: "2023-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.02978533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/the_ironsheik"
    handle:    "the_ironsheik"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/therealironsheik/"
    handle:    "therealironsheik"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891443/"
    handle:    "nm0891443"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ذا آيرون شيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ذا ايرون شيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "The Iron Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "The Iron Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "The Iron Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Άιρον Σέικ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "The Iron Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik"
    title: "The Iron Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sheik"
    title: "Iron Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Iron Sheikh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Երկաթյա շեյխ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "The Iron Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "The Iron Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "アイアン・シーク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "아이언 쉬크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik"
    title: "The Iron Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik"
    title: "The Iron Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik"
    title: "The Iron Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "Железный Шейх"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sheik"
    title: "Iron Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik"
    title: "The Iron Sheik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Iron_Sheik"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289781"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/567585"
    title: "Khosrow Vaziri"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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