# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/georg-lankensperger
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:27:05.315Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/georg-lankensperger"
name: "Georg Lankensperger"
slug: "georg-lankensperger"
description: "Georg Lankensperger, was a German wheelwright who invented the steering mechanism that is today known as Ackermann steering geometry. He patented the invention in Germany, but his agent Rudolph Ackermann filed for the patent in the U.K."
tagline: "German wheelwright"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/PopeBenedicts1stHome.jpg/330px-PopeBenedicts1stHome.jpg"
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: "1779-03-31"
deathDate: "1847-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.87
  momentum:             0.9554140127388536
  historical:           5.939525333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Lankensperger"
    title: "Georg Lankensperger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B1"
    title: "جورج لانكينسبيرجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Lankensperger"
    title: "Georg Lankensperger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Lankensperger"
    title: "Georg Lankensperger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Lankensperger"
    title: "Georg Lankensperger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Lankensperger"
    title: "Georg Lankensperger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Lankensperger"
    title: "Georg Lankensperger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89927"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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