# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernhard-goetz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:44:15.015Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernhard-goetz"
name: "Bernhard Goetz"
slug: "bernhard-goetz"
description: "On December 22, 1984, Bernhard Goetz shot four black teenagers on a New York City Subway train in Manhattan. All four victims survived, though one, Darrell Cabey, was paralyzed and suffered brain damage as a result of his injuries. Goetz fled to Bennington, Vermont, before surrendering to police nine days after the shooting. He was charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment, and several firearms offenses. Goetz claimed self-defense at trial, alleging that the teenagers had attempted to rob him. The jury subsequently found Goetz guilty of one count of carrying an unlicensed firearm and acquitted him of the remaining charges. For the firearm offense, he served eight months of a one-year sentence. In 1996, Cabey obtained a $43 million civil judgment against Goetz after a civil jury ruled Goetz liable."
tagline: "American businessman and vigilante"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/IRT_Broadway-Seventh_14th_Street_Northbound_Platform.jpg/330px-IRT_Broadway-Seventh_14th_Street_Northbound_Platform.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1947-11-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.761634666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1249570/"
    handle:    "nm1249570"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bernhard_Goetz"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Goetz"
    title: "Bernhard Goetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Goetz"
    title: "Bernhard Goetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Goetz"
    title: "Bernhard Goetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Goetz"
    title: "Bernhard Goetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%86%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Гетц, Бернард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_H._Goetz"
    title: "Bernhard H. Goetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Goetz"
    title: "Bernhard Goetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Goetz"
    title: "Bernhard Goetz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q714892"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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