# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fritz-pleitgen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:57:40.880Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fritz-pleitgen"
name: "Fritz Pleitgen"
slug: "fritz-pleitgen"
description: "Fritz Ferdinand Pleitgen was a German television journalist and author. He was correspondent in Moscow, East Berlin and Washington. Pleitgen was a supporter of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik. In 1988, Pleitgen became editor-in-chief of television of Germany's then-largest public broadcaster, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), and was director of WDR from 1995 to 2007. He is regarded as one of the most influential German journalists and media makers. In 2010, he was the manager of Ruhr.2010, a project of European Capital of Culture."
tagline: "German journalist and author (1938-2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2018-07-07-Deutscher_Kamerapreis_2018_-_Buhrow_Pleitgen-9430_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1938-03-21"
deathDate: "2022-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.078156
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687137/"
    handle:    "nm0687137"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "فريتز پليتجين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fritz Pleitgen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Pleitgen"
    title: "Fritz Pleitgen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Pleitgen"
    title: "Fritz Pleitgen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Pleitgen"
    title: "Fritz Pleitgen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Pleitgen"
    title: "Fritz Pleitgen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%86"
    title: "Пляйтген, Фриц"
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  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%B9%D8%B2_%D9%BE%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%B9%DA%AF%D9%86"
    title: "فرٹز پلیٹگن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Pleitgen"
    title: "Fritz Pleitgen"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100925"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Fritz Pleitgen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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