# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edwin-bechstein
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:32:41.674Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edwin-bechstein"
name: "Edwin Bechstein"
slug: "edwin-bechstein"
description: "Edwin Bechstein was a German piano maker and businessman and early supporter of Adolf Hitler. He was the son of Carl Bechstein and was the owner of the C. Bechstein piano company from 1900 to 1923 when it became a limited company. A later restructuring in 1934 put his wife Helene Bechstein as majority shareholder. He died on 15 September 1934 and received a state funeral attended by Hitler and other Nazi Party officials."
tagline: "German entrepreneur"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1859-02-11"
deathDate: "1934-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.973869333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ادوين بكشتاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Bechstein"
    title: "Edwin Bechstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Bechstein"
    title: "Edwin Bechstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Bechstein"
    title: "Edwin Bechstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123169"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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