# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcus-melchior
# Generated: 2026-09-01T01:17:58.935Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marcus-melchior"
name: "Marcus Melchior"
slug: "marcus-melchior"
description: "Marcus Melchior (1897–1969) was a Danish rabbi. The rabbi of the main synagogue in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the time of the rescue of the Danish Jews in October 1943, during the Second World War. After escaping with his family and most other Danish Jews to Sweden, he served as the acting rabbi for the Jewish refugees in Sweden until the end of the war, in mid 1945. In 1947 he became the chief rabbi of Denmark, a post he held until his death, in 1969."
tagline: "Danish rabbi (1897-1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcus_Melchior.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1897-05-26"
deathDate: "1969-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.99
  momentum:             1.577060931899642
  historical:           5.478294666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Melchior"
    title: "Marcus Melchior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "ماركوس ملكيور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Melchior"
    title: "Marcus Melchior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Melchior"
    title: "Marcus Melchior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Melchior"
    title: "Marcus Melchior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8"
    title: "מרכוס מלכיאור"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6758332"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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