# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-cruger
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:17:11.655Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johann-cruger"
name: "Johann Crüger"
slug: "johann-cruger"
description: "Johann Crüger was a German composer of well-known hymns. He was also the editor of the most widely used Lutheran hymnal of the 17th century, Praxis pietatis melica."
tagline: "German hymnwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johann_Cr%C3%BCger.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1598-04-09"
deathDate: "1662-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             12.83844708219325
  historical:           21.51177466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump