# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-o-reilly
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:24:36.974Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-o-reilly"
name: "Tony O'Reilly"
slug: "tony-o-reilly"
description: "Sir Anthony John Francis O'Reilly was an Irish businessman and international rugby union player. He was known for his try scoring in rugby, his involvement in the Independent News & Media Group, which he led from 1973 to 2009, and as CEO and chairman of the H.J. Heinz Company. He was the leading shareholder of Waterford Wedgwood and a founder and major supporter of The Ireland Funds. A citizen of both Ireland and the United Kingdom, he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor for his services to Northern Ireland."
tagline: "Irish businessman and rugby union player (1936-2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tony_O'Reilly_1959.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1936-05-07"
deathDate: "2024-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.17
  momentum:             3.527131782945735
  historical:           7.621610666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Tony O'Reilly"
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    title: "Tony O'Reilly"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump