# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-christian-kestner
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:39:15.277Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johann-christian-kestner"
name: "Johann Christian Kestner"
slug: "johann-christian-kestner"
description: "Johann Georg Christian Kestner was a German lawyer and archivist. He is also notable as the model for Lotte's husband Albert in The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe, with Kestner's fiancée Charlotte Buff used as the model for Lotte herself."
tagline: "Archivist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohannGeorgChristianKestner.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1741-08-28"
deathDate: "1800-05-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.684666666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Christian_Kestner"
    title: "Johann Christian Kestner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Christian_Kestner"
    title: "Johann Christian Kestner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Christian_Kestner"
    title: "Johann Christian Kestner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Кестнер, Иоганн Кристиан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Christian_Kestner"
    title: "Johann Christian Kestner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%A8"
    title: "יוהאן כריסטיאן קסטנר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1692938"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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