# Ferdinand von Zeppelin

> He turned his name into a flying machine. Ferdinand von Zeppelin built rigid airships that owned the skies for decades, and the word "zeppelin" became shorthand for the future itself — until it wasn't.

*German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-von-zeppelin

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1838-07-08
- **Died:** 1917-03-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born 8 July 1838, Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin served as a German general before pivoting to invention. He designed and built rigid airships that carried his name, founding Luftschiffbau Zeppelin to manufacture them. For thirty years his airships dominated long-distance flight, and "zeppelin" entered the language as both noun and dream. He died 8 March 1917, just before the machines bearing his title would become symbols of something else entirely.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Executives, #Journalist, #Entrepreneurship, #19th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75780)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Ferdinand%20von%20Zeppelin)
- [فرديناند فون زبلين](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B2%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86)
- [Фэрдынанд Цэпэлін](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4_%D0%A6%D1%8D%D0%BF%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD)
- [Фердынанд фон Цэпелін](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A6%D1%8D%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD)
- [Фердинанд фон Цепелин](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD)
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- [Ferdinand von Zeppelin](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin)
- [Ferdinand von Zeppelin](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin)
- [Ferdinand von Zeppelin](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin)
- [Φερδινάνδος φον Ζέπελιν](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%86%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%96%CE%AD%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BD)
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- [Ferdinand von Zeppelin](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin)
- [فردیناند فون زپلین](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B2%D9%BE%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86)
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- [פרדיננד פון צפלין](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A0%D7%93_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A6%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F)
- [Ferdinand von Zeppelin](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin)
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/3064310)
- [Ferdinand von Zeppelin](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin)
- [فرديناند فون زبلين](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B2%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86)

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