# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otto-john
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:24:39.211Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otto-john"
name: "Otto John"
slug: "otto-john"
description: "Otto John was a German lawyer and intelligence official. During World War II, he was a conspirator in the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Following the war, he became the first head of West Germany's domestic intelligence service, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. In July 1954, he surfaced in East Germany, where he made public appearances criticizing the government in Bonn and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. After his return to West Germany in 1955, despite maintaining that he had been drugged and kidnapped, John was convicted and sentenced to prison for treason."
tagline: "German resistance member (1909-1997)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-25876-0001%2C_Otto_John.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1909-03-19"
deathDate: "1997-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.616673333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424210/"
    handle:    "nm0424210"
sources:
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_John"
    title: "Otto John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "أوتو جون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "اوتو جون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Ото Йон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_John"
    title: "Otto John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_John"
    title: "Otto John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_John"
    title: "Otto John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "オットー・ヨーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_John"
    title: "Otto John"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Йон, Отто"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70625"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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