# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudolf-anderson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:59:39.989Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rudolf-anderson"
name: "Rudolf Anderson"
slug: "rudolf-anderson"
description: "Rudolf Anderson Jr. was an American Air Force major and pilot. He was the first recipient of the Air Force Cross, the U.S. military's and Air Force's second-highest award and decoration for valor. The only U.S. fatality by enemy fire during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Anderson was killed when his U-2 reconnaissance aircraft was shot down over Cuba. He had previously served in Korea during the Korean War."
tagline: "USAF pilot, the only person killed by enemy fire during the Cuban Missile Crisis (1927-1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rudolf_Anderson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1927-09-15"
deathDate: "1962-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.07
  momentum:             7.01086956521739
  historical:           9.999836
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "魯道夫·安德森"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Anderson"
    title: "Rudolf Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Anderson"
    title: "Rudolf Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Anderson"
    title: "Rudolf Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Anderson"
    title: "Rudolf Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ルドルフ・アンダーソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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