# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/werner-kniesek
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:06:54.249Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/werner-kniesek"
name: "Werner Kniesek"
slug: "werner-kniesek"
description: "Werner Kniesek is an Austrian triple murderer. He is one of the most dangerous offenders in Austrian criminal history, having tortured and killed a family of three while on parole."
tagline: "Austrian murderer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Werner_Kniesek.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
birthDate: "1946-11-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.27
  momentum:             16.28598081023454
  historical:           4.438217333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1236474"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Kniesek"
    title: "Werner Kniesek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Kniesek"
    title: "Werner Kniesek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Kniesek"
    title: "Werner Kniesek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BB%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ヴェルナー・クニーセク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Discovered via Wikipedia top-views