# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/felix-wankel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:54:42.294Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/felix-wankel"
name: "Felix Wankel"
slug: "felix-wankel"
description: "Felix Heinrich Wankel was a German mechanical engineer and inventor after whom the Wankel engine was named. Wankel joined various radical antisemitic organizations after World War I and was a prominent member of the Nazi Party."
tagline: "German mechanical engineer, inventor of the Wankel engine (1902-1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Felix_Wankel_1960s.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1902-08-13"
deathDate: "1988-10-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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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