# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-merklin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:58:06.893Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-merklin"
name: "Joseph Merklin"
slug: "joseph-merklin"
description: "Joseph Merklin was a Baden-born organ builder who later became a French citizen. By the time of his retirement in 1898, he was a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur and had built, restored, or repaired over 400 organs, primarily in the churches of Belgium and France."
tagline: "German organ builder (1819–1905)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/Joseph_Merklin.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1819-02-17"
deathDate: "1905-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.811088
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Merklin"
    title: "Joseph Merklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%84%D9%86"
    title: "چوزيف ميركلن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Merklin"
    title: "Joseph Merklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Merklin"
    title: "Joseph Merklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Merklin"
    title: "Joseph Merklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Merklin"
    title: "Joseph Merklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Merklin"
    title: "Joseph Merklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosephus_Merklin"
    title: "Iosephus Merklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87660"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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