# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ludwig-knoop
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:34:28.859Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ludwig-knoop"
name: "Ludwig Knoop"
slug: "ludwig-knoop"
description: "Baron Johann Ludwig von Knoop was a German cotton merchant and entrepreneur from the city-state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, who became one of the richest entrepreneurs in his time. He was created a Baron by Alexander II of Russia in 1877."
tagline: "German-Russian entrepreneur and merchant (1821–1894)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludwig_Knoop-RZ_neu.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1821-05-15"
deathDate: "1894-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.13
  momentum:             8.504239338536955
  historical:           5.358466666666667
  currentAttention:     13.9821029082774
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Knoop"
    title: "Ludwig Knoop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D9%83%D9%86%D9%88%D9%BE"
    title: "لودويج كنوپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Knoop"
    title: "Ludwig Knoop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BF%2C_%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B3"
    title: "Кноп, Людвиг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Knoop"
    title: "Ludwig Knoop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Knoop"
    title: "Ludwig Knoop"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88310"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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