# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-kuklinski
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:44:17.073Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-kuklinski"
name: "Joseph Kuklinski"
slug: "joseph-kuklinski"
description: "Richard Leonard Kuklinski, also known by his nickname the Iceman, was an American criminal and leader of a New Jersey-based burglary ring. He engaged in criminal activities for most of his adult life, which began when he distributed pirated pornography and eventually escalated to at least five murders committed between 1980 and 1984 for personal profit. His nickname derives from his freezing the body of one of his victims in an attempt to disguise the time of death."
tagline: "American killer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ac/Richardkuklinski2.JPG"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1944-05-05"
deathDate: "2003-09-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.9
  momentum:             21.12903225806452
  historical:           3.072066666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  48
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kuklinski"
    title: "Joseph Kuklinski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kuklinski"
    title: "Joseph Kuklinski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kuklinski"
    title: "Joseph Kuklinski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3906224"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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