# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johann-gerhard-oncken
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:39:23.709Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johann-gerhard-oncken"
name: "Johann Gerhard Oncken"
slug: "johann-gerhard-oncken"
description: "Johann Gerhard Oncken was a pioneer German Baptist preacher, variously referred to as the \"Father of Continental Baptists\", the \"Father of German Baptists\" and the \"Apostle of European Baptists\". Oncken, Gottfried Wilhelm Lehmann (1799–1882), and Julius Köbner (1806–1884) were known as the Baptist cloverleaf. J. G. Oncken helped direct and guide the growth of Baptists throughout Germany and across much of Europe for half a century."
tagline: "German Baptist preacher (1800–1884)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jg-oncken.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "TV Personality"
  slug: "tv-personality"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1800-01-15"
deathDate: "1883-12-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.73
  momentum:             8.124999999999996
  historical:           9.883694666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Johann Gerhard Oncken"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "چوهان جيرارد اونكين"
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    title: "Йохан Онкен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gerhard_Oncken"
    title: "Johann Gerhard Oncken"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gerhard_Oncken"
    title: "Johann Gerhard Oncken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gerhard_Oncken"
    title: "Johann Gerhard Oncken"
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    title: "Johann Gerhard Oncken"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gerhard_Oncken"
    title: "Johann Gerhard Oncken"
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  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gerhard_Oncken"
    title: "Johann Gerhard Oncken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gerhard_Oncken"
    title: "Johann Gerhard Oncken"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gerhard_Oncken"
    title: "Johann Gerhard Oncken"
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    title: "Онкен, Иоганн Герхард"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump