# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melchior-lotter
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:31:42.637Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melchior-lotter"
name: "Melchior Lotter"
slug: "melchior-lotter"
description: "Lotter was the last name of a family of German printers, intimately connected with the Reformation."
tagline: "German typographer and publisher, c. 1470-1549"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melchior_Lotter_the_Elder_(1470-1549).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1470"
deathDate: "1549-02-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.336861333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80_(%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9)"
    title: "Лоттер, Мельхиор (старший)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Lotter"
    title: "Melchior Lotter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Lotter_der_%C3%84ltere"
    title: "Melchior Lotter der Ältere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Lotter"
    title: "Melchior Lotter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Lotter_(1470-1549)"
    title: "Melchior Lotter (1470-1549)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Lotter"
    title: "Melchior Lotter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Lotter%2C_o_Velho"
    title: "Melchior Lotter, o Velho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71314"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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