# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norbert-jacques
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:24:52.156Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norbert-jacques"
name: "Norbert Jacques"
slug: "norbert-jacques"
description: "Norbert Jacques was a Luxembourgish novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and translator who wrote in German. He was born in Luxembourg-Eich, Luxembourg and died in Koblenz, West Germany. He created the character Dr. Mabuse, who was a feature of some of his novels. Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler, the first novel to feature Mabuse, was one of the bestsellers of its time; it sold over 500,000 copies in Germany. Today, Jacques is known best for Dr. Mabuse. In 1922, he received German citizenship."
tagline: "Luxembourgish novelist, journalist, and screenwriter (1880-1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Norbert_Jacques_by_Waldemar_Flaig_1927.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1880-06-06"
deathDate: "1954-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.13
  momentum:             0.7702182284980745
  historical:           12.49687066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0415167/"
    handle:    "nm0415167"
sources:
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    title: "Norbert Jacques"
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    title: "نوربرت جاك"
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    title: "نوربرت جاك"
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  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Jacques"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Jacques"
    title: "Norbert Jacques"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Jacques"
    title: "Norbert Jacques"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Jacques"
    title: "Norbert Jacques"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Jacques"
    title: "Norbert Jacques"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Jacques"
    title: "Norbert Jacques"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Jacques"
    title: "Norbert Jacques"
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    title: "Norbert Jacques"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Жак, Норберт"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump