# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-ridgway
# Generated: 2026-09-03T11:27:13.979Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-ridgway"
name: "Gary Ridgway"
slug: "gary-ridgway"
description: "Gary Leon Ridgway, known as the Green River Killer or the Green River Strangler, is an American serial killer who was convicted of murdering forty-nine women between 1982 and 1998 in the northwestern United States. At the time of his arrest in 2001, he was believed to be the most prolific serial killer in United States history, according to confirmed murders."
tagline: "American serial killer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gary_Ridgway_Mugshot_11162001.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1949-02-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 169
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump