# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/curt-von-francois
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:04:35.102Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/curt-von-francois"
name: "Curt von François"
slug: "curt-von-francois"
description: "Curt Karl Bruno von François was a German geographer, cartographer, Schutztruppe officer and commissioner of the imperial colonial army of the German Empire, particularly in German South West Africa where he was responsible on behalf of Kaiser for the foundation of the city of Windhoek on 18 October 1890 and the harbor of Swakopmund on 4 August 1892."
tagline: "German cartographer and commissioner of German Southwest Africa, founder of Windhoek (1852-1931)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CurtvonFrancois.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1852-10-02"
deathDate: "1931-12-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.51209866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Curt von François"
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    title: "كورت فون فرانسوا"
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    title: "كورت فون فرانسوا"
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    title: "Курт фон Франсоа"
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    title: "Curt von François"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_von_Fran%C3%A7ois"
    title: "Curt von François"
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    title: "Curt von François"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Curt von François"
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    title: "Curt von François"
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    title: "Франсуа, Курт фон"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump