# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/auto-shankar
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:11:45.651Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/auto-shankar"
name: "Auto Shankar"
slug: "auto-shankar"
description: "Gowri Shankar, better known as 'Auto' Shankar, was an Indian criminal, murderer and gangster from Tamil Nadu, who was active in Chennai throughout the 1970s and 1980s."
tagline: "Indian serial killer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1954-01-21"
deathDate: "1995-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.27
  momentum:             6.53287905563017
  historical:           6.829572
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%B9%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "آٹو شنکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "أوتو شانكار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "اوتو شانكار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_Shankar"
    title: "Auto Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_Shankar"
    title: "Auto Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%91%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0"
    title: "ऑटो शंकर"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%B9%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "آٹو شنکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8B_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "ஆட்டோ சங்கர்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2872505"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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