# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-valentin
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:20:32.319Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-valentin"
name: "Karl Valentin"
slug: "karl-valentin"
description: "Karl Valentin was a Bavarian comedian. He had significant influence on German Weimar culture. Valentin starred in many silent films in the 1920s, and was sometimes called the \"Charlie Chaplin of Germany\". His work has an essential influence on artists like Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett, Loriot and Helge Schneider."
tagline: "Bavarian comedian, cabaret performer, clown, author and film producer (1882–1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl_Valentin_by_Eugen_Rosenfeld_(1870_-_1940).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1882-06-04"
deathDate: "1948-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.11
  momentum:             1.598782432236556
  historical:           23.088072
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0884171/"
    handle:    "nm0884171"
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    title: "Karl Valentin"
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    title: "Karl Valentin"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump