# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/van-hammer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:15:25.420Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/van-hammer"
name: "Van Hammer"
slug: "van-hammer"
description: "Mark Ty Hildreth was an American professional wrestler, best known for his tenures in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the ring name Van Hammer."
tagline: "American professional wrestler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VanHammer1993.png?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: "1959-11-01"
deathDate: "2026-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.752994666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0383927/"
    handle:    "nm0383927"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Hammer"
    title: "Van Hammer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%85%D8%B1"
    title: "فان همر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hildreth"
    title: "Mark Hildreth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Hammer"
    title: "Van Hammer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Hammer"
    title: "Van Hammer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Hammer"
    title: "Van Hammer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7913377"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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