# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andras-hess
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:14:43.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andras-hess"
name: "András Hess"
slug: "andras-hess"
description: "András Hess was a printer of German origin who established the first printing press in the Kingdom of Hungary. Working in Buda under the patronage of Archbishop János Vitéz and Provost László Karai, Hess printed the Chronica Hungarorum, completed on 5 June 1473, the eve of Pentecost. This work, written in Latin, is regarded as the first book ever printed in Hungary and marks the beginning of Hungarian printing history."
tagline: "Publisher, printer (15th century)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1450"
deathDate: "1473"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39
  momentum:             10.14757281553398
  historical:           4.604356
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Hess_(Drucker)"
    title: "Andreas Hess (Drucker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A1s_Hess"
    title: "András Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A1s_Hess"
    title: "András Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hess_Andr%C3%A1s"
    title: "Hess András"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%2C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%88"
    title: "Хесс, Андраш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q653993"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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