# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franz-kolb
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:35:22.701Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franz-kolb"
name: "Franz Kolb"
slug: "franz-kolb"
description: "Franz Kolb was a German pharmacist and the inventor of the modeling paste Plastilin. In English-speaking countries this material is also known as \"plasticine.\" Because of different patent rights in Germany and England there are different views about who actually invented plasticine. In England, William Harbutt is seen as the inventor, while in Germany it is Franz Kolb. Kolb's German patent is from 1880 while Harbutt's English one is from 1897. The exact formulation of the two products is different."
tagline: "German pharmacist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Franz_Kolb_(Apotheker)%2C_M%C3%BCnchner_K%C3%BCnstler-Plastilin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1900"
deathDate: "2000"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.34
  momentum:             2.669950738916257
  historical:           5.472534666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kolb"
    title: "Franz Kolb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A8"
    title: "فرانز كولب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kolb_(Apotheker)"
    title: "Franz Kolb (Apotheker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kolb"
    title: "Franz Kolb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kolb"
    title: "Franz Kolb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kolb"
    title: "Franz Kolb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88850"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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