# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fryderyk-getkant
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:05:41.971Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fryderyk-getkant"
name: "Fryderyk Getkant"
slug: "fryderyk-getkant"
description: "Fryderyk Getkant or Frederick Getkant was a Prussian military engineer of Lithuanian descent, artillery lieutenant and cartographer. He was born in Ragnit or according to other sources in Rhineland, Holy Roman Empire. He is also known as a first to have written down a Lithuanian folk song with melody, in 1634."
tagline: "German cartographer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/First-Lithuanian-song-written-down%2C1634.jpg/330px-First-Lithuanian-song-written-down%2C1634.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1600"
deathDate: "1666"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.803204
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%96%D1%85_%D2%90%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82"
    title: "Фрідріх Ґеткант"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "فريديريك جيتكانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B4%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BA_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82"
    title: "Фрыдэрык Геткант"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fryderyk_Getkant"
    title: "Fryderyk Getkant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frydrichas_Gedkantas"
    title: "Frydrichas Gedkantas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fryderyk_Getkant"
    title: "Fryderyk Getkant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fryderyk_Getkant"
    title: "Fryderyk Getkant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85"
    title: "Геткант, Фридрих"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q559090"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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