# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hellmuth-walter
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:12:39.120Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hellmuth-walter"
name: "Hellmuth Walter"
slug: "hellmuth-walter"
description: "Hellmuth Walter was a German engineer who pioneered research into rocket engines and gas turbines. His most noteworthy contributions were rocket motors for the Messerschmitt Me 163 and Bachem Ba 349 interceptor aircraft, so-called Starthilfe jettisonable rocket propulsion units used for a variety of Luftwaffe aircraft during World War II, and a revolutionary new propulsion system for submarines known as air-independent propulsion (AIP)."
tagline: "German rocket scientist (1900–1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hellmuth_Walter.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1900-08-26"
deathDate: "1980-12-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.20014933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump