# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernard-coy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:48:59.286Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernard-coy"
name: "Bernard Coy"
slug: "bernard-coy"
description: "Bernard Paul \"Barney\" Coy was an American bank robber and federal prisoner best known as the planner of a failed escape attempt from Alcatraz, on May 2, 1946, which turned into a bloody two-day armed confrontation leaving Coy, two fellow would-be escapees and two prison guards dead."
tagline: "American bank robber (1900-1946)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernard_coy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1900-02-13"
deathDate: "1946-05-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.94
  momentum:             0.8648989898989901
  historical:           5.728622666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Coy"
    title: "Bernard Coy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "برنارد كوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "برنارد كوى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Coy"
    title: "Bernard Coy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Coy"
    title: "Bernard Coy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Coy"
    title: "Bernard Coy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q602032"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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