# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ludwig-august-mellin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:27:21.547Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ludwig-august-mellin"
name: "Ludwig August Mellin"
slug: "ludwig-august-mellin"
description: "Count Ludwig August Mellin was a Baltic German politician, cartographer, writer and publicist. He is best known for creating the first professional atlas visualizing Livonia, the Atlas von Liefland, oder von den beyden Gouvernementern u. Herzogthümern Lief- und Ehstland, und der Provinz Oesel in 1798."
tagline: "Baltic German politician and cartographer (1754-1835)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludwig_August_von_Mellin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1754-01-23"
deathDate: "1835-03-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.002628
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B3_%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Меллин, Людвиг Август"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%BA_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "لودويغ أوقست ميلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "لودويج اوجست ميلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_August_Mellin"
    title: "Ludwig August Mellin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_August_Mellin"
    title: "Ludwig August Mellin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_August_Mellin"
    title: "Ludwig August Mellin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_August_Mellin"
    title: "Ludwig August Mellin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludvigs_Augusts_Mell%C4%ABns"
    title: "Ludvigs Augusts Mellīns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60989"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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