# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josef-veltjens
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:32:58.700Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josef-veltjens"
name: "Josef Veltjens"
slug: "josef-veltjens"
description: "Josef \"Seppl\" Veltjens was a German World War I fighter ace credited with 35 victories. In later years, he served as an international arms dealer, as well as a personal emissary from Hermann Göring to Benito Mussolini. He was awarded Pour le Mérite, the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, and the Iron Cross."
tagline: "German fighter pilot in the First World War, head of the \"four-year plan\" of the Third Reich in the Dutch economic zone. Knight of the Order Pour le Mérite"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1981-118-04A%2C_Josef_Veltjens.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1894-06-02"
deathDate: "1943-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.17
  momentum:             9.692307692307692
  historical:           7.222068
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82'%D1%94%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Йозеф Фельт'єнс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "چوزيف فيلتجينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Veltjens"
    title: "Joseph Veltjens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Veltjens"
    title: "Josef Veltjens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Veltjens"
    title: "Joseph Veltjens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Veltjens"
    title: "Joseph Veltjens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Veltjens"
    title: "Josef Veltjens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Фельтьенс, Йозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85594"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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