# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zak-bagans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:08:32.884Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zak-bagans"
name: "Zak Bagans"
slug: "zak-bagans"
description: "Zachary (Zak) Alexander Bagans is an American paranormal investigator, television personality, museum operator, and author. He is the principal host of the Travel Channel series Ghost Adventures."
tagline: "Paranormal Investigator and Television Personality"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zak_Bagans.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1977-04-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.18030933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "Zak_Bagans"
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    handle:    "realzakbagans"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3189839/"
    handle:    "nm3189839"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.zakbagans.com/official/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "زاك باجانز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Zak Bagans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zak_Bagans"
    title: "Zak Bagans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zak_Bagans"
    title: "Zak Bagans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zak_Bagans"
    title: "Zak Bagans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zak_Bagans"
    title: "Zak Bagans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zak_Bagans"
    title: "Zak Bagans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%DA%A9_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%BA%D9%86%D8%B3"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17362916"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Zak Bagans"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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