# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-brugger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:08:05.134Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-brugger"
name: "Karl Brugger"
slug: "karl-brugger"
description: "Karl Brugger was a German foreign correspondent for the ARD network and author, best known for his book The Chronicle of Akakor about the alleged lost city of Akakor that was published in 1976."
tagline: "German journalist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1941"
deathDate: "1985"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.490462666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13945038/"
    handle:    "nm13945038"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Brugger_(Journalist)"
    title: "Karl Brugger (Journalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "كارل بروجير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Brugger"
    title: "Karl Brugger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Brugger"
    title: "Karl Brugger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Brugger"
    title: "Karl Brugger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Brugger"
    title: "Karl Brugger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119033"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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