# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/helmut-sonnenfeldt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:59:46.349Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/helmut-sonnenfeldt"
name: "Helmut Sonnenfeldt"
slug: "helmut-sonnenfeldt"
description: "Helmut Sonnenfeldt, also known as Hal Sonnenfeldt, was an American foreign policy expert. He was known as Kissinger’s Kissinger for his philosophical affinity with and influence on Henry A. Kissinger, the architect of American foreign policy in the Nixon and Ford administrations."
tagline: "American writer (1926-2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Helmut_Sonnenfeldt_travels_to_the_Vladivostok_Summit_Meeting%2C_1974_-_NARA_-_7158147_(1).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1926-09-13"
deathDate: "2012-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "هيلموت سونينفيلدت"
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    title: "Helmut Sonnenfeldt"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Sonnenfeldt"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Sonnenfeldt"
    title: "Helmut Sonnenfeldt"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump