# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-abagnale-jr
# Generated: 2026-09-03T11:28:10.565Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-abagnale-jr"
name: "Frank Abagnale, Jr."
slug: "frank-abagnale-jr"
description: "Frank William Abagnale Jr. is an American-French security consultant, author, and convicted felon whose documented crimes consist primarily of check fraud and petty theft targeting individuals and small businesses. Beginning in the late 1970s, Abagnale claimed a far more dramatic criminal past involving long-term impersonations of a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia hospital physician, and a Louisiana assistant attorney general, among other roles. These claims formed the basis of his 1980 autobiography, Catch Me If You Can, co-written with Stan Redding. The book inspired the film of the same name, directed by Steven Spielberg in 2002, in which Abagnale was portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio."
tagline: "American security consultant, former confidence trickster, check forger, impostor, and escape artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank_W._Abagnale_in_2008_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "founders"
profileType:
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  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1948-04-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           29.624748
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 115
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    url:       "https://abagnale.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump