# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frederik-pleitgen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:58:22.834Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frederik-pleitgen"
name: "Frederik Pleitgen"
slug: "frederik-pleitgen"
description: "Frederik \"Fred\" Pleitgen is a German journalist who currently works as a Senior Correspondent for CNN International. He lives in Germany."
tagline: "German journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frederik_Pleitgen_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1976"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.647206666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/fpleitgenCNN"
    handle:    "fpleitgenCNN"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5017926/"
    handle:    "nm5017926"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_Pleitgen"
    title: "Frederik Pleitgen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "فريدريك بلايتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "فريدريك بلايتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_Pleitgen"
    title: "Frederik Pleitgen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Плейтген, Фредерик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110855"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1720670"
    title: "Frederik Pleitgen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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