# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rodney-alcala
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:49:24.519Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rodney-alcala"
name: "Rodney Alcala"
slug: "rodney-alcala"
description: "Rodney James Alcala, also known as John Berger and John Burger, was an American serial killer and convicted sex offender who was sentenced to death in California for five murders committed between 1977 and 1979. He pleaded guilty and received two sentences, both twenty-five years to life, for two further murders committed in New York State. He was also indicted for one murder in Wyoming, although the charges filed there were dropped. While Alcala has been conclusively linked to nine murders, the true number of victims remains unknown and could be as high as 130."
tagline: "American serial killer (1943–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rodney_Alcala_1979_mugshot.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1943-08-23"
deathDate: "2021-07-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           59.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           25.05988533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3863147/"
    handle:    "nm3863147"
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala"
    title: "Rodney Alcala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "رودني ألكالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "رودنى الكالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala"
    title: "Rodney Alcala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala"
    title: "Rodney Alcala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala"
    title: "Rodney Alcala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala"
    title: "Rodney Alcala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "رادنی آلکالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala"
    title: "Rodney Alcala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala"
    title: "Rodney Alcala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala"
    title: "Rodney Alcala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%94"
    title: "רודני אלקלה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%B8%D5%A4%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D4%B1%D5%AC%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A1"
    title: "Ռոդնի Ալկալա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala"
    title: "Rodney Alcala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%89%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A9"
    title: "ロドニー・アルカラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala"
    title: "Rodney Alcala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala"
    title: "Rodney Alcala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala"
    title: "Rodney Alcala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala"
    title: "Rodney Alcala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Алькала, Родни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala"
    title: "Rodney Alcala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala"
    title: "Rodney Alcala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala"
    title: "Rodney Alcala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Родні Алкала"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2658592"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4971853"
    title: "Rodney Alcala"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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