# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gunther-enderlein
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:41:11.170Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gunther-enderlein"
name: "Günther Enderlein"
slug: "gunther-enderlein"
description: "Günther Enderlein was a German zoologist, entomologist, microbiologist, researcher, physician for 60 years, and later a manufacturer of pharmaceutical products. Enderlein received international renown for his insect research, and in Germany became famous due to his concept of the pleomorphism of microorganisms and his hypotheses about the origins of cancer, based on the work of other scientists. His hypotheses about pleomorphism and cancer have now been disproved by science and have only some historical importance today. Some of his concepts, however, are still popular in alternative medicine. A blood test is named after him: dark field microscopy according to Enderlein."
tagline: "German zoologist (1872–1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._G%C3%BCnther_1.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: "1872-07-07"
deathDate: "1968-08-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.05
  momentum:             1.875
  historical:           8.085062666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Günther Enderlein"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جونتر اندرلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Günther Enderlein"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Enderlein"
    title: "Günther Enderlein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Enderlein"
    title: "Günther Enderlein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Enderlein"
    title: "Günther Enderlein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Enderlein"
    title: "Günther Enderlein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Эндерляйн, Гюнтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Enderlein"
    title: "Günther Enderlein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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