# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rolf-bossi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:20:51.487Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rolf-bossi"
name: "Rolf Bossi"
slug: "rolf-bossi"
description: "Rolf Bossi was a German criminal defense lawyer. He was known for defending prominent actors such as Ingrid van Bergen and Romy Schneider, as well as criminals such as Jürgen Bartsch, Dieter Zlof, and Dieter Degowski. He defended four former East German border guards who were accused of having killed Chris Gueffroy, who was trying to escape over the Berlin Wall. He was considered to be one of Germany's best-known defense lawyers. He wrote an autobiography, appeared in talk shows and even had two film roles."
tagline: "German criminal defense lawyer (1923–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rolf_Bossi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1923-09-10"
deathDate: "2015-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.152526666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0098156/"
    handle:    "nm0098156"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Bossi"
    title: "Rolf Bossi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%89"
    title: "رولف بوسى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Bossi"
    title: "Rolf Bossi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Bossi"
    title: "Rolf Bossi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Bossi"
    title: "Rolf Bossi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103079"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1802327"
    title: "Rolf Bossi"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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