# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-alva
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:16:18.429Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-alva"
name: "Tony Alva"
slug: "tony-alva"
description: "Tony Alva is an American skateboarder, entrepreneur, and musician. He is a pioneer of vertical skateboarding and one of the original members of the Zephyr Competition Skateboarding Team, also known as the Z-Boys. Transworld Skateboarding Magazine ranked him eighth in its list of the \"30 Most Influential skateboarders\" of all time."
tagline: "American skateboarder and entrepreneur"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TonyAlvaImage01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1957-09-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.45974666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0023112/"
    handle:    "nm0023112"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.alvaskates.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "توني ألفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "تونى الفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Alva"
    title: "Tony Alva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Alva"
    title: "Tony Alva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Alva"
    title: "Tony Alva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Alva"
    title: "Tony Alva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Alva"
    title: "Tony Alva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Alva"
    title: "Tony Alva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Alva"
    title: "Tony Alva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Alva"
    title: "Tony Alva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Alva"
    title: "Tony Alva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Alva"
    title: "Tony Alva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Alva"
    title: "Tony Alva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Альва, Тони"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Alva"
    title: "Tony Alva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3761e6ec-2f59-411f-8ecc-232fe39558b8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q538026"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1619530"
    title: "Tony Alva"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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