# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wayne-huizenga
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:26:28.962Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wayne-huizenga"
name: "Wayne Huizenga"
slug: "wayne-huizenga"
description: "Harry Wayne Huizenga Sr. was an American businessman. He founded AutoNation and Waste Management, Inc., and was the owner or co-owner of Blockbuster Video, Republic Services, the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL), the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB)."
tagline: "American businessman (1937–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wayne_Huizenga.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1937-12-29"
deathDate: "2018-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.630873333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Huizenga"
    title: "Wayne Huizenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Huizenga"
    title: "Wayne Huizenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Huizenga"
    title: "Wayne Huizenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "وین هویزنگا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Huizenga"
    title: "Wayne Huizenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Huizenga"
    title: "Wayne Huizenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Huizenga"
    title: "Wayne Huizenga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5689956"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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