# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josef-jakobs
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:25:12.811Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josef-jakobs"
name: "Josef Jakobs"
slug: "josef-jakobs"
description: "Josef Jakobs was a German spy and the last person to be executed at the Tower of London. He was captured shortly after parachuting into the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Convicted of espionage under the Treachery Act 1940, Jakobs was sentenced to death and shot by a military firing squad. He was not hanged since he was captured as an enemy combatant."
tagline: "German spy executed at the Tower of London (1898–1941)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5c/Jozef_jakobs.jpeg"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1898-06-30"
deathDate: "1941-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.63
  momentum:             10.76691729323308
  historical:           8.069922666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Jakobs"
    title: "Josef Jakobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B2"
    title: "جوزيف جاكوبز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B2"
    title: "چوزيف جاكوبز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Jakobs"
    title: "Josef Jakobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Jakobs"
    title: "Josef Jakobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Jakobs"
    title: "Josef Jakobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Jakobs"
    title: "Josef Jakobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Jakobs"
    title: "Josef Jakobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Jakobs"
    title: "Josef Jakobs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88287"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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