# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rolf-steiner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:35:27.986Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rolf-steiner"
name: "Rolf Steiner"
slug: "rolf-steiner"
description: "Rolf Steiner is a German retired mercenary. He began his military career as a French Foreign Legion paratrooper and saw combat in Vietnam, Egypt, and Algeria. Steiner rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel commanding the 4th Commando Brigade in the Biafran Army during the Nigerian Civil War, and later fought with the Anyanya rebels in southern Sudan."
tagline: "German mercenary"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RolfSteiner_RomanDeckert_12052013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1933-01-03"
deathDate: "1970"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.8
  momentum:             0.5687203791469194
  historical:           8.853753333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84_%D0%A8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Рольф Штайнер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "رولف شتاينر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "رولف شتاينر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84_%D0%A8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Рольф Штайнер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Steiner_(S%C3%B6ldner)"
    title: "Rolf Steiner (Söldner)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Steiner"
    title: "Rolf Steiner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Steiner"
    title: "Rolf Steiner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Steiner"
    title: "Rolf Steiner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A3_%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A8"
    title: "רולף שטיינר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Steiner"
    title: "Rolf Steiner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71552"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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