# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wolfgang-engels
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:16:29.447Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wolfgang-engels"
name: "Wolfgang Engels"
slug: "wolfgang-engels"
description: "Wolfgang Engels is a former civilian employee of the East German National People's Army, employed as a car mechanic and driver, who in 1963 used a stolen BTR-152 armoured personnel carrier to escape to West Germany by breaking through the Berlin Wall."
tagline: "German soldier"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joline%2C_Wolfgang%2C_%26_Doris.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1943"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.39
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.368721333333334
  currentAttention:     0.36
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/wolfgangengel"
    handle:    "wolfgangengel"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%2C_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Энгельс, Вольфганг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%BA_%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%BA%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "فولفغانغ إنغلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "فولفجانج انجلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Engels_(Fl%C3%BCchtling)"
    title: "Wolfgang Engels (Flüchtling)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Engels"
    title: "Wolfgang Engels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Engels"
    title: "Wolfgang Engels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Engels"
    title: "Wolfgang Engels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118675"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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