# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/graziano-mesina
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:29:04.542Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/graziano-mesina"
name: "Graziano Mesina"
slug: "graziano-mesina"
description: "Graziano Mesina was an Italian bandit of the Anonima sarda. He escaped the authorities at least 10 times. He was called the \"king of the kidnappers\" by The New York Times in 1992. There have been books, songs, and at least one film about him."
tagline: "Italian bandit"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gratzianu_Mesina.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
birthDate: "1942-04-04"
deathDate: "2025-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.56
  momentum:             2.089728453364817
  historical:           4.54472
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graziano_Mesina"
    title: "Graziano Mesina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graziano_Mesina"
    title: "Graziano Mesina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graziano_Mesina"
    title: "Graziano Mesina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassianu_Mesina"
    title: "Grassianu Mesina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Graziano_Mesina"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3776032"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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