# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harald-riipalu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:39:33.981Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harald-riipalu"
name: "Harald Riipalu"
slug: "harald-riipalu"
description: "Harald Riipalu was an Estonian commander in the German Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany."
tagline: "SS officer of Estonian origin (1912-1961)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b3/Riipalu.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1912-02-13"
deathDate: "1961-04-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.75
  momentum:             0.4398826979472141
  historical:           7.679482666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%93%88%E6%8B%89%E5%B0%94%E5%BE%B7%C2%B7%E9%87%8C%E5%B8%95%E9%B2%81"
    title: "哈拉尔德·里帕鲁"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "هارالد ريپالو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Riipalu"
    title: "Harald Riipalu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Riipalu"
    title: "Harald Riipalu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Riipalu"
    title: "Harald Riipalu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haralds_R%C4%ABpalu"
    title: "Haralds Rīpalu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Riipalu"
    title: "Harald Riipalu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%83%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4"
    title: "Рийпалу, Харальд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4_%D0%A0%D1%96%D1%97%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%83"
    title: "Гаральд Ріїпалу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3494660"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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