# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-thom
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:31:13.145Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-thom"
name: "Karl Thom"
slug: "karl-thom"
description: "Leutnant Karl Thom, was a German World War I flying ace credited with 27 victories. He was decorated with both his nation's highest decorations for valor, the Military Merit Cross as an enlisted soldier, and the Pour le Mérite after he was commissioned as an officer. He was one of only four German aces of World War I to achieve this double award."
tagline: "German flying ace (1893-1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl_Thom.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1893-05-19"
deathDate: "1945-03-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.53
  momentum:             2.912621359223301
  historical:           5.686106666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Thom_(Flieger)"
    title: "Karl Thom (Flieger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "كارل ثوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "كارل ثوم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC_(%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA)"
    title: "Карл Том (льотчик)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Thom"
    title: "Karl Thom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Thom"
    title: "Karl Thom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97475"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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