# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudolf-peresin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:03:53.656Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rudolf-peresin"
name: "Rudolf Perešin"
slug: "rudolf-peresin"
description: "Rudolf Perešin was a Croatian fighter pilot serving in the Yugoslav Air Force (JRZ) during the 1991–95 Croatian War of Independence who defected to the Croatian side in October 1991, by flying his MiG-21 fighter jet from Željava Air Base to Klagenfurt, Austria, on a reconnaissance flight for the JRZ. He was the first pilot to desert from the Yugoslav Air Force. Following his defection he continued to fly missions for the Croatian Air Force and was shot down in May 1995 by Serb Krajina military forces, resulting in his death."
tagline: "Croatian fighter pilot (1958–1995)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/Rudolf_Peresin.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1958-03-25"
deathDate: "1995-05-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.63
  momentum:             0.6575682382133995
  historical:           7.697590666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://hr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rudolf_Pere%C5%A1in"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Pere%C5%A1in"
    title: "Rudolf Perešin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Pere%C5%A1in"
    title: "Rudolf Perešin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Pere%C5%A1in"
    title: "Rudolf Perešin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Pere%C5%A1in"
    title: "Rudolf Perešin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84"
    title: "Перешин, Рудольф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Pere%C5%A1in"
    title: "Rudolf Perešin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Pere%C5%A1in"
    title: "Rudolf Perešin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%88%D1%96%D0%BD"
    title: "Рудольф Перешін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2003778"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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