# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-peters
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:33:55.970Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-peters"
name: "Carl Peters"
slug: "carl-peters"
description: "Carl Peters was a German explorer and colonial administrator. He was a major promoter of the establishment of the German colony of East Africa and one of the founders of the German East Africa Company. He was a controversial figure in Germany for his views and his brutal treatment of native Africans, which ultimately led to his dismissal from government service in 1897."
tagline: "German colonial ruler, explorer, politician, and author (1856-1918)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R30019%2C_Dr._Carl_Peters.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1856-09-27"
deathDate: "1918-09-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.51
  momentum:             0.7245386192754614
  historical:           15.90278533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%A1%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E5%BD%BC%E5%BE%97%E6%96%AF"
    title: "卡尔·彼得斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "كارل بيترز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B2_(%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%81_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7)"
    title: "كارل بيترز (مستكشف من المانيا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Peters"
    title: "Carl Peters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Peters"
    title: "Karl Peters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Peters"
    title: "Carl Peters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Peters"
    title: "Carl Peters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Peters"
    title: "Karl Peters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Peters"
    title: "Carl Peters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Peters"
    title: "Carl Peters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Peters"
    title: "Carl Peters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9"
    title: "カール・ペータース"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Peters"
    title: "Carl Peters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Peters"
    title: "Carl Peters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_(1856)"
    title: "Петерс, Карл (1856)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Peters"
    title: "Carl Peters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Peters"
    title: "Carl Peters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Peters"
    title: "Karl Peters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81"
    title: "Карл Петерс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77403"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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