# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-aben
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:57:14.554Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-aben"
name: "Karl Aben"
slug: "karl-aben"
description: "Karl Aben was an Estonian and Latvian linguist and translator. In Estonia, he became known as the country's foremost translator from Latvian at the time, but he also translated from Estonian into Latvian."
tagline: "Estonian linguist and translator (1896-1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PF0024-008_Karl_Aben.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1896"
deathDate: "1976"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.39
  momentum:             16.81818181818182
  historical:           5.734269333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB"
    title: "Абен, Карл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "كارل ابين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Карл Абен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Aben"
    title: "Karl Aben"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Aben"
    title: "Karl Aben"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Aben"
    title: "Karl Aben"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81rlis_Abens"
    title: "Kārlis Abens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12366382"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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