# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shawn-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:46:11.522Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shawn-nelson"
name: "Shawn Nelson"
slug: "shawn-nelson"
description: "On May 17, 1995, 35-year-old Shawn Timothy Nelson stole an M60A3 tank from a local California Army National Guard armory in San Diego and drove six miles (9.7 km) through nearby neighborhoods, crushing cars and infrastructure in his path—though without injuring anyone."
tagline: "Plumber (1959-1995)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1959-08-21"
deathDate: "1995-05-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.68
  momentum:             22.74924104432301
  historical:           5.930674666666667
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Nelson"
    title: "Shawn Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83)"
    title: "شون نيلسون (سباك)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Nelson_(criminal)"
    title: "Shawn Nelson (criminal)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Nelson"
    title: "Shawn Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Nelson_(amukan_tank_San_Diego)"
    title: "Shawn Nelson (amukan tank San Diego)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B4%E6%88%A6%E8%BB%8A%E6%9A%B4%E8%B5%B0%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6"
    title: "サンディエゴ戦車暴走事件"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3481630"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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