# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/egon-schultz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:44:32.059Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/egon-schultz"
name: "Egon Schultz"
slug: "egon-schultz"
description: "Egon Schultz was a German sergeant of the East German Border Troops who became the fifty-second known person to die at the Berlin Wall. While responding to the discovery of \"Tunnel 57,\" Schultz was killed during a shootout with the tunnelers. Schultz subsequently became a national hero in East Germany, with hundreds of memorials and schools named in his honor. His death caused a public sensation in both East Germany and West Germany. Following the reunification of Germany and the report that Schultz was actually killed as a result of friendly fire, many of the memorials to Schultz were removed, although a new memorial plaque was erected at his death site at Strelitzer Strasse 55, Berlin, in 2004."
tagline: "East German border guard (1943-1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-C1005-0010-001%2C_DDR-Grenzsoldat_Egon_Schultz.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1943-01-04"
deathDate: "1964-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.41
  momentum:             0.8287292817679557
  historical:           8.975669333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Шульц, Эгон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ايجون شولتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Egon Schultz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Schultz"
    title: "Egon Schultz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Schultz"
    title: "Egon Schultz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Schultz"
    title: "Egon Schultz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Schultz"
    title: "Egon Schultz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%AB%E3%83%84"
    title: "エゴン・シュルツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EA%B3%A4_%EC%8A%90%EC%B8%A0"
    title: "에곤 슐츠"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Schultz"
    title: "Egon Schultz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89770"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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