# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-schiess
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:29:50.786Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-schiess"
name: "Ferdinand Schiess"
slug: "ferdinand-schiess"
description: "Christian Ferdinand Schiess VC was a Swiss recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He died in poverty at just 28."
tagline: "Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1856–1884)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Defense_of_Roark's_Drift_by_Alphonse_de_Neuville_-_Detail_-_Possibly_Ferdinand_Schiess.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1856-04-07"
deathDate: "1884-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.42
  momentum:             0.5777777777777778
  historical:           4.834272
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "فرديناند شيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ferdinand_Schiess"
    title: "Christian Ferdinand Schiess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Schiess"
    title: "Ferdinand Schiess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ferdinand_Schiess"
    title: "Christian Ferdinand Schiess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ferdinand_Schiess"
    title: "Christian Ferdinand Schiess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120869"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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