# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-rapp
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:37:03.964Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-rapp"
name: "Karl Rapp"
slug: "karl-rapp"
description: "Karl Friedrich Rapp was a German founder and owner of the Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH in Munich. In time, this company became BMW AG. He is acknowledged by BMW AG as an indirect founder of the company."
tagline: "German engineer (1882-1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Karl_Rapp_(1911).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1882-09-24"
deathDate: "1962-05-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.95785466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Карл Фрідріх Рапп"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كارل راب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كارل راب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rapp"
    title: "Karl Rapp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BF"
    title: "Карл Фридрих Рап"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rapp"
    title: "Karl Rapp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rapp"
    title: "Karl Rapp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rapp"
    title: "Karl Rapp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rapp"
    title: "Karl Rapp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rapp"
    title: "Karl Rapp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rapp"
    title: "Karl Rapp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rapp"
    title: "Karl Rapp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rapp"
    title: "Karl Rapp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BF%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85"
    title: "Рапп, Карл Фридрих"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Rapp"
    title: "Karl Rapp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Карл Рапп"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tly.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Fridrix_Rapp"
    title: "Karl Fridrix Rapp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Friedrich_Rapp"
    title: "Karl Friedrich Rapp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72513"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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