# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-hoskins-paddock
# Generated: 2026-08-20T21:50:08.493Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-hoskins-paddock"
name: "Benjamin Hoskins Paddock"
slug: "benjamin-hoskins-paddock"
description: "Benjamin Hoskins Paddock Jr. was an American bank robber and con man who was on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list from 1969 to 1977. He was also the father of mass murderer Stephen Paddock, the perpetrator of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting."
tagline: "American bank robber and con man (1926–1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_Hoskins_Paddock.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1926-11-01"
deathDate: "1998-01-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.230801333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Hoskins_Paddock"
    title: "Benjamin Hoskins Paddock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Hoskins_Paddock"
    title: "Benjamin Hoskins Paddock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Hoskins_Paddock"
    title: "Benjamin Hoskins Paddock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Hoskins_Paddock"
    title: "Benjamin Hoskins Paddock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41544238"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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