# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/veerappan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:35:15.663Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/veerappan"
name: "Veerappan"
slug: "veerappan"
description: "Koose Munisamy Veerappan was an Indian poacher, smuggler, domestic terrorist and bandit who was active for 36 years, and kidnapped major politicians for ransom. He was charged with sandalwood smuggling and poaching of elephants in the scrub lands and forests in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. He was wanted for killing around 184 people, about half of whom were police officers and forest officials. He was also responsible for poaching approximately 500 of the 2,000 elephants killed in the peninsular region where he was active and for smuggling ivory worth US$2.6 million and about 65 tons of sandalwood worth approximately US$22 million."
tagline: "Indian bandit who was charged allegedly for sandalwood smuggling (1952-2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Koose_Munisamy_Veerappan_06.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1952-01-18"
deathDate: "2004-10-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           59.05
  momentum:             16.77011671948674
  historical:           20.62967733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  244
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1516920/"
    handle:    "nm1516920"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "বীরপ্পন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4447673"
    title: "Veerappan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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