# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-zuyev
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:23:57.562Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-zuyev"
name: "Alexander Zuyev"
slug: "alexander-zuyev"
description: "Aleksandr Mikhailovich Zuyev was a Soviet pilot who defected to Turkey with his MiG-29 on May 20, 1989."
tagline: "Soviet aircraft pilot"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alex_Zuyev_in_Aircraft.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1961-07-17"
deathDate: "2001-06-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.37
  momentum:             1.170431211498973
  historical:           8.223338666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D1%83%D1%94%D0%B2_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Зуєв Олександр Михайлович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%81_(%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "ألكسندر زوييف (طيار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Zuyev"
    title: "Aleksandr Zuyev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Michailowitsch_Sujew"
    title: "Alexander Michailowitsch Sujew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Zuyev_(pilot)"
    title: "Aleksandr Zuyev (pilot)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Zujev"
    title: "Aleksandr Zujev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Zou%C3%AFev"
    title: "Alexandre Zouïev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%B2%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Зуев, Александр Михайлович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Zuyev"
    title: "Aleksandr Zuyev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4194564"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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