# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kurt-wegener
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:17:05.971Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kurt-wegener"
name: "Kurt Wegener"
slug: "kurt-wegener"
description: "Kurt Wegener was a German meteorologist and polar explorer."
tagline: "German explorer (1878–1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ETH-BIB-Expeditionsmitglieder_vor_der_Junkersmaschine_bei_der_Funkenstation._Von_links_nach_rechts-_Dr._Kurt_Wegener%2C_A._Neumann%2C_H.H._Hammer%2C_F._Duus._Oben-_W._L%C3%B6we%2C_Holbein%2C_Wedekind.-Spitzbergenflug_1923-LBS_MH02-01-0132.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1878-04-03"
deathDate: "1964-02-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.947337333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "كيرت فيجنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Wegener_(Polarforscher)"
    title: "Kurt Wegener (Polarforscher)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Wegener"
    title: "Kurt Wegener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Wegener"
    title: "Kurt Wegener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1794234"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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