# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adolf-goerz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:49:32.171Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adolf-goerz"
name: "Adolf Goerz"
slug: "adolf-goerz"
description: "Adolf Goerz was a German mining engineer who moved to areas in southern Africa under British control. He emigrated to Cape Colony around 1888. He founded Adolf Görz & Co which later became the Union Corporation, which was one of the five original gold mining houses of South Africa."
tagline: "German-South African mining engineer (1857-1900)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Goerz%2C_Adolf_(Esquire).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1857-12-18"
deathDate: "1900-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.072030666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_G%C3%B6rz"
    title: "Adolf Görz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Goerz"
    title: "Adolf Goerz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "ادولف جويرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%84_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%86"
    title: "Адолф Герц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Goerz"
    title: "Adolf Goerz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Goerz"
    title: "Adolf Goerz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110730"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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