# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-heun
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:55:07.598Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-heun"
name: "Karl Heun"
slug: "karl-heun"
description: "Karl Heun was a German mathematician who introduced Heun's equation, Heun functions, and Heun's method."
tagline: "German mathematician (1859-1929)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl_Heun.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1859-04-03"
deathDate: "1929-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump