# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wayne-barnes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:44:22.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wayne-barnes"
name: "Wayne Barnes"
slug: "wayne-barnes"
description: "Wayne Barnes is an English retired international rugby union referee. He was a frequent referee in the English Premiership, and refereed games in the Heineken Cup and the European Challenge Cup. At international level, Barnes refereed matches at the Rugby World Cup, the Six Nations, the Rugby Championship and the Pacific Nations Cup competitions."
tagline: "English retired rugby union referee"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2017.08.19.20.24.20-AUSvNZL-0002_(35901630153)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1979-04-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.980853333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/waynebarnesref/"
    handle:    "waynebarnesref"
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Barnes"
    title: "Wayne Barnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Barnes"
    title: "Wayne Barnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "واين بارنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Barnes"
    title: "Wayne Barnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Barnes"
    title: "Wayne Barnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Barnes"
    title: "Wayne Barnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Barnes"
    title: "Wayne Barnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Barnes"
    title: "Wayne Barnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Barnes"
    title: "Wayne Barnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ウェイン・バーンズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q942000"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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