# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/victor-lustig
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:11:34.178Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/victor-lustig"
name: "Victor Lustig"
slug: "victor-lustig"
description: "Victor Lustig was a con artist from Austria-Hungary, who undertook a criminal career that involved conducting scams across Europe and the United States during the early 20th century. Lustig is widely regarded as one of the most notorious con artists of his time, and is infamous for being \"the man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice\" and for conducting the \"Rumanian Box\" scam."
tagline: "Czech fraudster (1890–1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Victor_Lustig_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1890-01-04"
deathDate: "1947-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.47592
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump