# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-ferdinand-graf-henckel-von-donnersmarck
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:08:38.469Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-ferdinand-graf-henckel-von-donnersmarck"
name: "Leo-Ferdinand Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck"
slug: "leo-ferdinand-graf-henckel-von-donnersmarck"
description: "Count Leo-Ferdinand Maria Lazarus Romwolt Wilhelm Edwin Gerhard Henckel von Donnersmarck was a German historian, businessman, and Catholic lay worker. He worked as an executive for the German airline Lufthansa from 1967 to 1996. After retiring from business, Henckel von Donnersmarck served as the President of the German Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 1997 to 2006. He was made a Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta's highest honour. He was also a member of the Forum of German Catholics and, prior to that, a member of the Central Committee of German Catholics. Henckel von Donnersmarck was twice awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, receiving a Cross of Merit in 1991 and a Grand Cross of Merit in 2009."
tagline: "German historian and entrepreneur (1935-2009)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1935-12-26"
deathDate: "2009-07-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.281750666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  53
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo-Ferdinand_Graf_Henckel_von_Donnersmarck"
    title: "Leo-Ferdinand Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo-Ferdinand_Henckel_von_Donnersmarck"
    title: "Leo-Ferdinand Henckel von Donnersmarck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo-Ferdinand_Graf_Henckel_von_Donnersmarck"
    title: "Leo-Ferdinand Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109640"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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