# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erich-regener
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:41:56.492Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erich-regener"
name: "Erich Regener"
slug: "erich-regener"
description: "Erich Rudolf Alexander Regener was a German physicist known primarily for the design and construction of instruments to measure cosmic ray intensity at various altitudes. He is also known for predicting a 2.8 K for the temperature of the cosmic microwave background, for the invention of the scintillation counter which contributed to the discovery of the structure of the atom, for his calculation of the charge of an electron and for his early work on atmospheric ozone. He is also credited with the first use of rockets for scientific research."
tagline: "German physicist (1881-1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erich_Regener.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: "1881-11-12"
deathDate: "1955-02-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.47
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.005868
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump