# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-sieg
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:42:46.594Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-sieg"
name: "John Sieg"
slug: "john-sieg"
description: "John Sieg was an American-born German Communist railroad worker, journalist and resistance fighter, who publicized Nazi atrocities through the underground Communist press and fought against National Socialism in the German Resistance. He was a key member of the anti-fascist resistance group that was later called the Red Orchestra by the Gestapo."
tagline: "Journalist and German Resistance fighter (1903-1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zig_Ion.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1903-02-03"
deathDate: "1942-10-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.215228
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3596799"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AC"
    title: "جون سيج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sieg"
    title: "John Sieg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sieg"
    title: "John Sieg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sieg"
    title: "John Sieg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sieg"
    title: "John Sieg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sieg"
    title: "John Sieg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%B3%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Зиг, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323740"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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