# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-ramirez
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:12:11.921Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-ramirez"
name: "Richard Ramirez"
slug: "richard-ramirez"
description: "Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez, better known as Richard Ramirez, was an American serial killer, sex offender and burglar whose killing spree occurred in Greater Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area in the state of California. From April 1984 to August 1985, Ramirez murdered at least fifteen people during various break-ins. With his crimes usually taking place after dark, Ramirez was dubbed the Night Stalker, the Walk-In Killer, and the Valley Intruder. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1989 and died while awaiting execution in 2013."
tagline: "American serial killer (1960–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Ramirez_1984_mug_shot.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1960-02-29"
deathDate: "2013-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.738479524739067
  historical:           31.788256
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0708368"
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    title: "リチャード・ラミレス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Ramirez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рамирес, Ричард"
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    type:  "WEBSITE"

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