# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franz-josef-wagner
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:24:25.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franz-josef-wagner"
name: "Franz Josef Wagner"
slug: "franz-josef-wagner"
description: "Franz Josef Wagner was a German author and journalist. He was editor-in-chief of the magazine Bunte and later of the tabloid B.Z., launched Elle magazine's German edition, and wrote a number of books, one of which was adapted for television."
tagline: "German journalist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1943-08-07"
deathDate: "2025-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.82
  momentum:             5.83444001770695
  historical:           6.062105333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_Wagner"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_Wagner"
    title: "Franz Josef Wagner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_Wagner"
    title: "Franz Josef Wagner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_Wagner"
    title: "Franz Josef Wagner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_Wagner_(Journalist)"
    title: "Franz Josef Wagner (Journalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "فرانز جوزف ویگنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_Wagner"
    title: "Franz Josef Wagner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101116"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump