# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-von-zeppelin
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:41:10.978Z

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description: "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."
tagline: "German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)"
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birthDate: "1838-07-08"
deathDate: "1917-03-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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.