# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franz-muller
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:07:47.074Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franz-muller"
name: "Franz Müller"
slug: "franz-muller"
description: "Franz Müller was a German tailor who was hanged for the murder of Thomas Briggs, the first killing on a British train. The case caught the imagination of the public due to increasing safety fears about rail travel at the time and the pursuit of Müller across the Atlantic Ocean to New York City by Scotland Yard."
tagline: "German tailor (1840-1864)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Franzmuller.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1840-10-31"
deathDate: "1864-11-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.98
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.547342666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_M%C3%BCller_(M%C3%B6rder)"
    title: "Franz Müller (Mörder)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B1_(%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B7)"
    title: "فرانز مولر (خياط)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B1_(%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%A7_%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7)"
    title: "فرانز مولر (رفا هدوم من مملكه بروسيا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_M%C3%BCller"
    title: "Franz Müller"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_M%C3%BCller"
    title: "Franz Müller"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_M%C3%BCller"
    title: "Franz Müller"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110131"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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