# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-lippisch
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:28:26.901Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-lippisch"
name: "Alexander Lippisch"
slug: "alexander-lippisch"
description: "Alexander Martin Lippisch was a German aeronautical engineer, a pioneer of aerodynamics who made important contributions to the understanding of tailless aircraft, delta wings and the ground effect, and also worked in the U.S. Within the Opel-RAK program, he was the designer of the world's first rocket-powered glider."
tagline: "German pioneer of aerodynamics (1894-1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AlexanderLippisch1929.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1894-11-02"
deathDate: "1976-02-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.58604266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump