# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tron
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:54:22.668Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tron"
name: "Tron"
slug: "tron"
description: "Boris Floricic, better known by his pseudonym Tron, was a German hacker and phreaker whose death in unclear circumstances has led to various conspiracy theories. He is also known for his Diplom thesis presenting one of the first public implementations of a telephone with built-in voice encryption, the \"Cryptophon\"."
tagline: "German hacker and phreaker (1972–1998)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/Tron_%28hacker%29.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1972-06-08"
deathDate: "1998"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.63
  momentum:             0.5229716520039099
  historical:           14.477508
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B2%8D%E9%87%8C%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E4%BD%9B%E7%BD%97%E7%91%9E%E6%96%AF%E5%85%8B"
    title: "鲍里斯·佛罗瑞斯克"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B9_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7)"
    title: "ترون (مخترع من المانيا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Floricic"
    title: "Boris Floricic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(Hacker)"
    title: "Tron (Hacker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(hacker)"
    title: "Tron (hacker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(hacker)"
    title: "Tron (hacker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Floricic"
    title: "Boris Floricic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B9%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%B6_(%D5%B0%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%A5%D6%80)"
    title: "Թրոն (հաքեր)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(hacker)"
    title: "Tron (hacker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8A%B8%EB%A1%A0_(%ED%95%B4%EC%BB%A4)"
    title: "트론 (해커)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(Hacker)"
    title: "Tron (Hacker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(hacker)"
    title: "Tron (hacker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Floricic"
    title: "Boris Floricic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Floricic"
    title: "Boris Floricic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Floricic"
    title: "Boris Floricic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80)"
    title: "Tron (хакер)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80)"
    title: "Tron (хакер)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62339"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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