# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melchior-hoffman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:36:18.155Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melchior-hoffman"
name: "Melchior Hoffman"
slug: "melchior-hoffman"
description: "Melchior Hoffman was a German Anabaptist, radical lay preacher and reformer in northern Europe. He began his career as an outspoken proponent of Lutheranism but evolved his own theological voice influenced by late medieval mysticism, Joachimite apocalypticism, and the Anabaptist movement. He is credited with introducing Anabaptism to the Low Countries."
tagline: "Anabaptist prophet (1490-1543)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melchiorhofmann.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "TV Personality"
  slug: "tv-personality"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1490"
deathDate: "1543"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.10572666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Melchior Hofmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%81%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AA)"
    title: "ميلكيور هوفمان (عالم لاهوت)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Hoffman"
    title: "Melchior Hoffman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Hofmann"
    title: "Melchior Hofmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Hoffman"
    title: "Melchior Hoffman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchor_Hoffman"
    title: "Melchor Hoffman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Hoffmann"
    title: "Melchior Hoffmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Hoffman"
    title: "Melchior Hoffman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Hoffman"
    title: "Melchior Hoffman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Hoffman"
    title: "Melchior Hoffman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Hoffmann"
    title: "Melchior Hoffmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%95%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3"
    title: "メルキオール・ホフマン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Melchior Hofmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Hofmann"
    title: "Melchior Hofmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Hofmann"
    title: "Melchior Hofmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Hofmann"
    title: "Melchior Hofmann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Hofman"
    title: "Melchior Hofman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%84%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80"
    title: "Хоффман, Мельхиор"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump