# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alois-estermann
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:16:56.677Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alois-estermann"
name: "Alois Estermann"
slug: "alois-estermann"
description: "Alois Estermann  was a Swiss military officer. He served as the 31st Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard. Estermann and his wife were murdered in his apartment in Vatican City on 4 May 1998, the same day he was confirmed in his position after serving as acting commander for several months. His murderer, Vice Corporal Cédric Tornay, then killed himself. Estermann's death spawned numerous conspiracy theories."
tagline: "Colonel, 31st Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard (1954–1998)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1954-10-29"
deathDate: "1998-05-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.21199333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ألويس إيسترمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "الويس استيرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alois Estermann"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Estermann"
    title: "Alois Estermann"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Estermann"
    title: "Alois Estermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Estermann"
    title: "Alois Estermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Estermann"
    title: "Alois Estermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Estermann"
    title: "Alois Estermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Estermann"
    title: "Alois Estermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Estermann"
    title: "Alois Estermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Estermann"
    title: "Alois Estermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Estermann"
    title: "Alois Estermann"
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  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%97%D1%81_%D0%95%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD"
    title: "Алоїс Естерманн"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump