# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/perry-smith-q211068
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:23:49.108Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/perry-smith-q211068"
name: "Perry Smith"
slug: "perry-smith-q211068"
description: "Perry Edward Smith was one of two career criminals convicted of murdering the four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, on November 15, 1959, a crime that was made famous by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood. Along with Richard Hickock, Smith took part in the burglary and quadruple murder at the Clutter family farmhouse."
tagline: "One of two ex-convicts convicted of murdering four members of the Clutter family"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Perry_Smith_at_car_in_1960_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1928-10-27"
deathDate: "1965-04-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.02
  momentum:             0.03565365025466893
  historical:           13.29225866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "بيري إدوارد سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيرى ادوارد سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Smith_(M%C3%B6rder)"
    title: "Perry Smith (Mörder)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Edward_Smith"
    title: "Perry Edward Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Smith"
    title: "Perry Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "پری ادوارد اسمیت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Smith"
    title: "Perry Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Smith"
    title: "Perry Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%93%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D4%B7%D5%A4%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4_%D5%8D%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%A9"
    title: "Փերի Էդվարդ Սմիթ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Perry Edward Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Smith_(morderca)"
    title: "Perry Smith (morderca)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Смит, Перри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Perry Smith (mördare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Едвард Перрі Сміт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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