# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adele-spitzeder
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:43:23.402Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adele-spitzeder"
name: "Adele Spitzeder"
slug: "adele-spitzeder"
description: "Adelheid Luise \"Adele\" Spitzeder, also known by her stage name Adele Vio, was a German actress, folk singer, and con artist. Initially a promising young actress, Spitzeder became a well-known private banker in 19th-century Munich when her theatrical success dwindled. Running what was possibly the first recorded Ponzi scheme, she offered large returns on investments by continually using the money of new investors to pay back the previous ones. At the height of her success, contemporary sources considered her the wealthiest woman in Bavaria."
tagline: "German woman con artist, actress and folk singer (1832–1895)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adele_Spitzeder_-_Die_Gartenlaube.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1832-02-09"
deathDate: "1895-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.654648
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Spitzeder"
    title: "Adele Spitzeder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "أديل سبيتزيدر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2%D8%B1"
    title: "اديل سبيتزر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Spitzeder"
    title: "Adele Spitzeder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Spitzeder"
    title: "Adele Spitzeder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Spitzeder"
    title: "Adele Spitzeder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%AF%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%B2%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "آدل اسپیتزدر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Spitzeder"
    title: "Adele Spitzeder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Spitzeder"
    title: "Adele Spitzeder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%94%E3%83%84%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC"
    title: "アデーレ・シュピツェーダー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Спитцедер, Адель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q354506"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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