# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/laszlo-toth
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:44:56.674Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/laszlo-toth"
name: "Laszlo Toth"
slug: "laszlo-toth"
description: "On 21 May 1972, Michelangelo's Pietà statue, located in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, was attacked by Laszlo Toth, a Hungarian geologist who believed he was Jesus Christ. With fifteen blows, he removed Mary's arm at the elbow, knocked off a chunk of her nose, and chipped one of her eyelids. He was subdued by bystanders, including American sculptor Bob Cassilly, who struck Toth several times before pulling him away from the statue. Another man, firefighter Marco Ottaggio, grabbed Toth by the hair to keep him out of reach."
tagline: "Australian geologist known for vandalism"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laszlo_Toth_(vandal).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1938-07-01"
deathDate: "2012-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.04458933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Laszlo_Toth"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AB"
    title: "لازلو توث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laszlo_Toth"
    title: "Laszlo Toth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism_of_Michelangelo's_Piet%C3%A0"
    title: "Vandalism of Michelangelo's Pietà"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laszlo_Toth_(taiteen_t%C3%A4rvelij%C3%A4)"
    title: "Laszlo Toth (taiteen tärvelijä)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laszlo_Toth"
    title: "Laszlo Toth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B3th_L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_(geol%C3%B3gus)"
    title: "Tóth László (geológus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_T%C3%B3th"
    title: "László Tóth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8B_%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D"
    title: "ലാസ് ലോ ടോത്ത്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laszlo_Toth"
    title: "Laszlo Toth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laszlo_Toth"
    title: "Laszlo Toth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%82%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE_(%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB)"
    title: "Тот, Ласло (вандал)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%82"
    title: "Ласло Тот"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2602759"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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