# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arthur-barker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:04:54.753Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arthur-barker"
name: "Arthur Barker"
slug: "arthur-barker"
description: "Arthur Raymond \"Doc\" Barker was an American criminal, the son of Ma Barker and a member of the Barker-Karpis gang, founded by his brother Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis. Barker was typically called on for violent action, while Fred and Karpis planned the gang's crimes. He was arrested and convicted of kidnapping in 1935. Sent to Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in 1936, he was killed three years later while attempting to flee."
tagline: "American gangster and murderer (1899–1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur_Barker.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1899-06-04"
deathDate: "1939-01-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.48
  momentum:             2.329787234042553
  historical:           6.952208
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "آرتھر بارکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Barker"
    title: "Arthur Barker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%AB%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "آرثر باركر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "آرتور بارکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Barker"
    title: "Arthur Barker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Barker"
    title: "Arthur Barker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_R._Barker"
    title: "Arthur R. Barker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Barker"
    title: "Arthur Barker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2864989"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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