# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-adam-heckel
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:09:14.371Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johann-adam-heckel"
name: "Johann Adam Heckel"
slug: "johann-adam-heckel"
description: "Johann Adam Heckel was a German instrument maker. He founded the family firm in Wiesbaden-Biebrich in 1831, and became the foremost German bassoon maker, making many improvements to the instrument. His company, Wilhelm Heckel GmbH, is still regarded as one of the top makers of bassoons in the world today. The company also makes contrabassoons and heckelphones."
tagline: "German musical instrument maker (1812–1877)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johann_Adam_Heckel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1812-07-14"
deathDate: "1877-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.670086666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC"
    title: "Геккель, Иоганн Адам"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84"
    title: "يوهان ادم هيكل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Adam_Heckel"
    title: "Johann Adam Heckel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Adam_Heckel"
    title: "Johann Adam Heckel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Adam_Heckel"
    title: "Johann Adam Heckel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Adam_Heckel"
    title: "Johann Adam Heckel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Adam_Heckel"
    title: "Johann Adam Heckel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%83%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ヨハン・アダム・ヘッケル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Adam_Heckel"
    title: "Johann Adam Heckel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92534"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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