# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alvin-karpis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:29:03.743Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alvin-karpis"
name: "Alvin Karpis"
slug: "alvin-karpis"
description: "Alvin Francis Karpis was a Canadian–American criminal of Lithuanian descent known for being a leader of the Barker–Karpis Gang in the 1930s. Nicknamed \"Creepy\" for his sinister smile and called \"Ray\" by his gang members, Karpis led the gang along with Fred Barker and Arthur \"Doc\" Barker. There were only four \"public enemies\" ever given the title of \"Public Enemy #1\" by the FBI and he was the only one to be taken alive. The other three, John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Baby Face Nelson, were all killed before they could be captured. He also spent the longest time as a federal prisoner at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, serving twenty-six years."
tagline: "American gangster (1907–1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alvin_Karpis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
birthDate: "1907-08-10"
deathDate: "1979-08-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.21
  momentum:             0.2908236994219653
  historical:           13.74351733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Alvin Karpis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Karpis"
    title: "Alvin Karpis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "الفين كاربيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Karpis"
    title: "Alvin Karpis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Karpis"
    title: "Alvin Karpis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Karpis"
    title: "Alvin Karpis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Karpis"
    title: "Alvin Karpis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Karpis"
    title: "Alvin Karpis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "אלווין קרפיס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Karpis"
    title: "Alvin Karpis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Karpis"
    title: "Alvin Karpis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%94%E3%82%B9"
    title: "アルヴィン・カーピス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alvin Karpis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Karpis"
    title: "Alvin Karpis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Karpis"
    title: "Alvin Karpis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Karpis"
    title: "Alvin Karpis"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q449135"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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