# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-welser
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:50:06.565Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-welser"
name: "Mark Welser"
slug: "mark-welser"
description: "Mark Welser (1558–1614) was a German banker, politician, and astronomer, who engaged in learned correspondence with European intellectuals of his time. Of particular note is his exchange with Galileo Galilei, regarding sunspots."
tagline: "German politician and astronomer (1558-1614)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Markus_Welser_-_Kaufmann.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1558-06-20"
deathDate: "1614-06-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.407164
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81"
    title: "Вельзер, Маркус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B1"
    title: "ماركوس ويلسر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Welser"
    title: "Markus Welser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Welser"
    title: "Mark Welser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Welser"
    title: "Markus Welser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Welser"
    title: "Markus Welser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Welser"
    title: "Mark Welser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Welser"
    title: "Markus Welser"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91389"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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