# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dmitry-utkin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:52:54.561Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dmitry-utkin"
name: "Dmitry Utkin"
slug: "dmitry-utkin"
description: "Dmitry Valerievich Utkin was a Russian military officer and mercenary. He served as a special forces officer in the GRU, where he held the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was the co-founder and military commander of the Russian state-funded Wagner Group, with his military alias reportedly being Wagner. Utkin was a neo-Nazi. He rarely made public appearances, but was allegedly the commander of the private military company, while Yevgeny Prigozhin was its owner and public face. Utkin was awarded four Orders of Courage of Russia."
tagline: "Russian military officer, founder of Wagner Group (1970–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dmitry_Utkin_passport_photo_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1970-06-11"
deathDate: "2023-08-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           23.743228
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump