# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/giovanni-faber
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:36:49.277Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/giovanni-faber"
name: "Giovanni Faber"
slug: "giovanni-faber"
description: "Giovanni Faber was a German papal doctor, botanist and art collector, originally from Bamberg in Bavaria, who lived in Rome from 1598. He was curator of the Vatican botanical garden, a member and the secretary of the Accademia dei Lincei. He acted throughout his career as a political broker between Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria and Rome. He was a friend of fellow Linceian Galileo Galilei and the German painters in Rome, Johann Rottenhammer and Adam Elsheimer. He has also been credited with inventing the name \"microscope\"."
tagline: "German doctor, botanist, and art collector (1574-1629)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joannes_Faber_par_Rubens.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1574"
deathDate: "1629-09-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.25
  momentum:             7.118644067796609
  historical:           9.409252
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ジョバンニ・ファベール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "جيوفاني فابر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيوفانى فابر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Faber_(Mediziner)"
    title: "Johannes Faber (Mediziner)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Faber"
    title: "Giovanni Faber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Faber_(kuracisto)"
    title: "Johannes Faber (kuracisto)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Faber"
    title: "Giovanni Faber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Faber"
    title: "Giovanni Faber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Faber"
    title: "Giovanni Faber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Faber"
    title: "Giovanni Faber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Faber"
    title: "Giovanni Faber"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3180743"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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