# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/horst-von-mellenthin
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:02:25.599Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/horst-von-mellenthin"
name: "Horst von Mellenthin"
slug: "horst-von-mellenthin"
description: "Horst von Mellenthin was a German general during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Mellenthin surrendered to the Americans at the end of war, and was interned until 1948. After his release, he joined the Gehlen Organization."
tagline: "German General and Knight's Cross recipients (1898–1977)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1898-07-31"
deathDate: "1977-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.86
  momentum:             6.585856519367159
  historical:           8.962025333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%96%D0%BD"
    title: "Горст фон Меллентін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "هورست فون ميلنثين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_von_Mellenthin"
    title: "Horst von Mellenthin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_von_Mellenthin"
    title: "Horst von Mellenthin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_von_Mellenthin"
    title: "Horst von Mellenthin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_von_Mellenthin"
    title: "Horst von Mellenthin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%98_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "הורסט פון מלנתין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_von_Mellenthin"
    title: "Horst von Mellenthin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Меллентин, Хорст фон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_von_Mellenthin"
    title: "Horst von Mellenthin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71294"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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