# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-seidel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:48:27.263Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-seidel"
name: "Harry Seidel"
slug: "harry-seidel"
description: "Harry Seidel was a German professional cyclist who helped people escape from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) through tunnels in West Berlin. After he got caught in 1962, the highest court under notorious judge Heinrich Toeplitz of the GDR sentenced him to life in prison in a show trial. He was incarcerated at the Brandenburg-Görden Prison. In 1966, the Federal Republic of Germany bought him out of prison."
tagline: "Cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-52567-0004%2C_Konrad_Nentwig%2C_Harry_Seidel_retouched.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1938-04-02"
deathDate: "2020-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.73
  momentum:             13.33333333333333
  historical:           5.951117333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Seidel"
    title: "Harry Seidel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%84"
    title: "هارى سيدل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Seidel"
    title: "Harry Seidel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Seidel"
    title: "Harry Seidel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Seidel"
    title: "Harry Seidel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Seidel"
    title: "Harry Seidel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Seidel"
    title: "Harry Seidel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1586784"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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