# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adolf-luderitz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:20:49.508Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adolf-luderitz"
name: "Adolf Lüderitz"
slug: "adolf-luderitz"
description: "Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz was a German merchant and the founder of German South West Africa, Imperial Germany's first colony. The coastal town of Lüderitz, located in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia, is named after him."
tagline: "Founder of German Southwest Africa (1834-1886)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adolf_L%C3%BCderitz.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1834-07-16"
deathDate: "1886-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.342730567861458
  historical:           17.58593466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump