# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/caryl-chessman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:23:20.583Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/caryl-chessman"
name: "Caryl Chessman"
slug: "caryl-chessman"
description: "Caryl Whittier Chessman was a convicted robber, kidnapper, serial rapist, and writer who was sentenced to death for a series of crimes committed in January 1948 in the Los Angeles area. Chessman was charged with 17 counts and convicted under a loosely interpreted \"Little Lindbergh law\" that defined kidnapping as a capital offense under certain circumstances. His case attracted worldwide attention, and helped propel the movement to end the use of capital punishment in the state of California."
tagline: "American convicted robber, kidnapper, rapist and writer (1921–1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Caryl_Chessman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1921-05-27"
deathDate: "1960-05-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.46
  momentum:             3.056374959029826
  historical:           14.10695733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/ch0177821/"
    handle:    "ch0177821"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Caryl Chessman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Κάρυλ Τσέσμαν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Caryl Chessman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryl_Chessman"
    title: "Caryl Chessman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryl_Chessman"
    title: "Caryl Chessman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%84_%DA%86%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "کاریل چسمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryl_Chessman"
    title: "Caryl Chessman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%A6'%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%9F"
    title: "קריל צ'סמן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryl_Chessman"
    title: "Caryl Chessman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryl_Chessman"
    title: "Caryl Chessman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryl_Chessman"
    title: "Caryl Chessman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryl_Chessman"
    title: "Caryl Chessman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB"
    title: "Чессмен, Кэрил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Caryl Chessman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q725908"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/111484"
    title: "Caryl Chessman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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