# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-ranft
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:43:39.475Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-ranft"
name: "Michael Ranft"
slug: "michael-ranft"
description: "Michael Ranft, in Latin Michael Ranfftius was a Lutheran pastor, writer and historian who is known for his writings on vampires in Germany."
tagline: "German protestant clergyman, historian, writer and hofmeister"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1700-12-09"
deathDate: "1774-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.612456
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%81%D8%AA"
    title: "مايكل رانفت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ranft_(Geistlicher)"
    title: "Michael Ranft (Geistlicher)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ranft"
    title: "Michael Ranft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ranft"
    title: "Michael Ranft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%81%D9%B9"
    title: "مائیکل رینفٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100457"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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