# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-klaus-von-der-decken
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:34:41.756Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-klaus-von-der-decken"
name: "Karl Klaus von der Decken"
slug: "karl-klaus-von-der-decken"
description: "Baron Karl Klaus von der Decken was a German explorer of eastern Africa and the first European to attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro."
tagline: "German explorer (1833-1865)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl_Klaus_von_der_Decken_(1833-1865)AfrikaForscher.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1833-08-08"
deathDate: "1865-10-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5263157894736842
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump