skip to content
dirtn.app

dirtnapp / died in 2024 / is franz beckenbauer alive or dead?

Franz Beckenbauer

German sports official and association football player

browse: association football players, association football coachs

dead

born
1945
died
2024
age at death
78
known for
association football player, association football coach, professional athlete

1945 – 2024

Portrait of Franz Beckenbauer

tell everyone

who franz beckenbauer is

Franz Anton Beckenbauer was a German professional football player, manager, and official. Nicknamed der Kaiser, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential players of all time. Beckenbauer was a versatile player who started out as a midfielder, but made his name as a centre-back. He is often credited as having invented the role of the modern sweeper.

from wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA.

where this comes from

wikidata records a date of death for Franz Beckenbauer in 2024, which is how we know. your browser re-checks this against wikidata on every visit, so it’s current even if the page itself was cached a while ago.

read wikipedia →wikidata record (Q4457) →something wrong? →

others who died in 2024

see everyone who died in 2024 →

check somebody else