# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/axel-scheffler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:48:05.762Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/axel-scheffler"
name: "Axel Scheffler"
slug: "axel-scheffler"
description: "Axel Scheffler is a German illustrator and animator based in London. He is best known for his cartoon-like pictures for children's books, in particular The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, written by Julia Donaldson. He has also illustrated the Pip and Posy series of books for children."
tagline: "British German illustrator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MJK62440_Axel_Scheffler_(Frankfurter_Buchmesse_2018).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1957-12-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.22
  momentum:             5.703934458398744
  historical:           9.355412
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3495921/"
    handle:    "nm3495921"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.gruffalo.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "اكسيل ستشيفلير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Axel Scheffler"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Scheffler"
    title: "Axel Scheffler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Scheffler"
    title: "Axel Scheffler"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Scheffler"
    title: "Axel Scheffler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%9C_%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%A8"
    title: "אקסל שפלר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Axel Scheffler"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Scheffler"
    title: "Axel Scheffler"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c51e605c-4a9a-4a6c-aa8e-8f484fb9f281"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Axel Scheffler"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump