# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tim-ballard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:22:47.691Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tim-ballard"
name: "Tim Ballard"
slug: "tim-ballard"
description: "Timothy Ballard is the founder and former CEO of Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.), an anti-sex trafficking organization. The 2023 American Christian thriller film Sound of Freedom, starring Jim Caviezel, was inspired by Ballard's experiences."
tagline: "American anti-human trafficking business man"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tim_Ballard_-_53069471438_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1950"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.853688
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/timballard89/"
    handle:    "timballard89"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.timballard.org"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Ballard"
    title: "Tim Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "تيموثى بالارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Ballard"
    title: "Tim Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Ballard"
    title: "Tim Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Ballard"
    title: "Timothy Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "تیموتی بالارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Ballard"
    title: "Timothy Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Ballard"
    title: "Timothy Ballard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33103839"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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