# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerhard-von-scharnhorst
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:40:16.793Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerhard-von-scharnhorst"
name: "Gerhard von Scharnhorst"
slug: "gerhard-von-scharnhorst"
description: "Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst was a Hanoverian-born general in Prussian service from 1801. As the first Chief of the Prussian General Staff, he was noted for his military theories, his reforms of the Prussian army, and his leadership during the Napoleonic Wars. Scharnhorst limited the use of corporal punishments, established promotion for merit, abolished the enrollment of foreigners, began the organization of a reserve army, and organized and simplified the military administration."
tagline: "Prussian general, reformer and freedom fighter (1755-1813)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johann_Friedrich_Bury_-_Bildnis_des_Generals_von_Scharnhorst.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1755-11-12"
deathDate: "1813-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.24203333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst"
    title: "Gerhard von Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst"
    title: "Gerhard von Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "جيرهارد فون شارنهورست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "جيرهارد فون شارنهورست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst"
    title: "Gerhard von Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst"
    title: "Gerhard von Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst"
    title: "Gerhard von Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst"
    title: "Gerhard von Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst"
    title: "Gerhard von Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst"
    title: "Gerhard von Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst"
    title: "Gerhard von Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scharnhorst"
    title: "Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "گرهارت فون شارنهورست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst"
    title: "Gerhard von Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Johann_David_von_Scharnhorst"
    title: "Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%98"
    title: "גרהרד פון שרנהורסט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst"
    title: "Gerhard von Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst"
    title: "Gerhard von Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88"
    title: "ゲルハルト・フォン・シャルンホルスト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B2%8C%EB%A5%B4%ED%95%98%EB%A5%B4%ED%8A%B8_%ED%8F%B0_%EC%83%A4%EB%A5%B8%ED%98%B8%EB%A5%B4%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8"
    title: "게르하르트 폰 샤른호르스트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst"
    title: "Gerhard von Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst"
    title: "Gerhard von Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst"
    title: "Gerhard von Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst"
    title: "Gerhard von Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst"
    title: "Gerhard von Scharnhorst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170340"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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