# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikolai-gastello
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:16:18.761Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikolai-gastello"
name: "Nikolai Gastello"
slug: "nikolai-gastello"
description: "Captain Nikolai Frantsevich Gastello was a Soviet aviator and a Hero of the Soviet Union. He is one of the best known Soviet war heroes, being the best known Soviet pilot, who according to Soviet propaganda, conducted a \"fire taran\" – a suicide action by the pilot of an aircraft on fire, flying into a target with the intention of setting it alight."
tagline: "Hero of the Soviet Union"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gastello_Nikolay_Francievich.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1907-05-06"
deathDate: "1941-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.49
  momentum:             0.2477261847774054
  historical:           13.04160133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Nikolay Gastello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "نيكولاي غاستيلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Qastello"
    title: "Nikolay Qastello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Мікалай Гастэла"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мікалай Францавіч Гастэла"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Гастелло Николай Францевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Franzewitsch_Gastello"
    title: "Nikolai Franzewitsch Gastello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Gastello"
    title: "Nikolai Gastello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Gastello"
    title: "Nikolaj Gastello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Gastello"
    title: "Nikolai Gastello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Николай Францевич Гастелло"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Гастелло, Николай Францевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Николай Гастелло"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niko%C5%82aj_Gaste%C5%82%C5%82o"
    title: "Nikołaj Gastełło"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Гастелло, Николай Францевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Гастелло Микола Францович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2997156"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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