# Zodiac Killer

> An unidentified serial killer who murdered at least five people in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1968–69, then taunted police and newspapers with cryptograms and letters claiming far more victims. The case remains open, the name unsolved, the attention unrelenting.

*Serial killer in California*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/zodiac-killer

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** United States
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Between December 1968 and October 1969, the Zodiac attacked three couples and a cab driver across Benicia, Vallejo, unincorporated Napa County, and San Francisco — seven victims, five dead, two survivors. The killer mailed letters to Bay Area newspapers claiming credit, threatening bombings and more deaths if unpublished, and enclosing cryptograms; two were decrypted in 1969 and 2020, two remain unsolved. The last letter arrived in 1974, claiming a total of 37 kills. Police named one suspect: Arthur Leigh Allen, a former elementary school teacher and convicted sex offender who died in 1992. San Francisco PD marked the case inactive in 2004, reopened it in 2006, and the file stays open across multiple agencies while amateur detectives worldwide continue the search.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 68.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.5 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 36.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 20.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #116

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: https://zodiackiller.com

## Topics
#Historical Figures, #Historical Figure, #United States, #Americas

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q218148)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Zodiac%20Killer)
- [زودياك السفاح](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AD)
- [Asesín del Zodiacu](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ases%C3%ADn_del_Zodiacu)
- [Zodiak (seriyalı qatil)](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiak_(seriyal%C4%B1_qatil))
- [Задыяк (забойца)](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BA_(%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%86%D0%B0))
- [Зодиак (сериен убиец)](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BA_(%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%86))
- [জুদিয়াক (খুনি)](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95_(%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF))
- [Zodíac (assassí)](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zod%C3%ADac_(assass%C3%AD))
- [زۆدیاکی بکوژ](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%DB%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%98)
- [Zodiac (vrah)](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_(vrah))
- [Zodiac Killer](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer)
- [Zodiac-Killer](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac-Killer)
- [Ζόντιακ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%96%CF%8C%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BA)
- [Zodiako (seria murdisto)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiako_(seria_murdisto))
- [Asesino del Zodiaco](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asesino_del_Zodiaco)
- [Zodiakoaren hiltzailea](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiakoaren_hiltzailea)
- [زودیاک قاتل](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%DA%A9_%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84)
- [Zodiac Killer](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer)
- [Tueur du Zodiaque](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tueur_du_Zodiaque)
- [רוצח הזודיאק](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%97_%D7%94%D7%96%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A7)
- [Zodiákus gyilkos](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodi%C3%A1kus_gyilkos)
- [Զոդիակ (սերիական մարդասպան)](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B6%D5%B8%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%AF_(%D5%BD%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%B6))
- [Zodiac Killer](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer)
- [Sodiakmoordenaar](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodiakmoordenaar)
- [زودياك السفاح](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AD)

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