# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oskar-speck
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:05:19.691Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oskar-speck"
name: "Oskar Speck"
slug: "oskar-speck"
description: "Oskar Speck was a German canoeist who kayaked from Germany to Australia. He departed from Ulm, Germany in 1932 to seek work due to being unable to find work as an electrical contractor in Hamburg. He initially intended to kayak to Cyprus to work in the copper mines but ended up continuing the journey through the Middle East and Southeast Asia to Australia."
tagline: "German kayaker (1907–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oskar_Speck_passport_style_photograph.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1907-03-04"
deathDate: "1995"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.42
  momentum:             13.51620947630923
  historical:           5.09556
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "اوسكار شبيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Speck_(Abenteurer)"
    title: "Oskar Speck (Abenteurer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Speck"
    title: "Oskar Speck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Speck"
    title: "Oskar Speck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Шпек, Оскар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88968"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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