# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heinz-melkus
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:56:41.779Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heinz-melkus"
name: "Heinz Melkus"
slug: "heinz-melkus"
description: "Heinz Melkus was an East German race car driver and constructor of sport cars."
tagline: "German racing driver (1928-2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-82487-0007%2C_Internationale_Halle-Saale-Schleife.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1928-04-20"
deathDate: "2005-09-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.94
  momentum:             8.564814814814815
  historical:           6.205513333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Melkus"
    title: "Heinz Melkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "هاينز ملكوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Melkus"
    title: "Heinz Melkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Melkus"
    title: "Heinz Melkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A5_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A1"
    title: "היינץ מלקוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Melkus"
    title: "Heinz Melkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Melkus"
    title: "Heinz Melkus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91710"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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