# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-von-lindemann
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:52:38.603Z

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name: "Ferdinand von Lindemann"
slug: "ferdinand-von-lindemann"
description: "Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann was a German mathematician who proved in 1882 that π (pi) is a transcendental number, meaning it is not a root of any nonzero polynomial with rational coefficients."
tagline: "German mathematician (1852–1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl_Louis_Ferdinand_von_Lindemann.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
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birthDate: "1852-04-12"
deathDate: "1939-03-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump