# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oskar-ursinus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:41:14.490Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oskar-ursinus"
name: "Oskar Ursinus"
slug: "oskar-ursinus"
description: "Carl Oskar Ursinus was a pioneer of German aviation and is remembered mainly for his contributions to sailplane designs and the sport of gliding. He has been nicknamed the Rhönvater because he founded Germany’s first gliding club at the Wasserkuppe in the Rhön Mountains in 1920."
tagline: "German aerospace engineer (1877–1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/OskarUrsinus.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: "1877-03-11"
deathDate: "1952-07-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.52
  momentum:             7.868020304568529
  historical:           6.146005333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Ursinus"
    title: "Oskar Ursinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "اوسكار اورسينوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Ursinus"
    title: "Oskar Ursinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Ursinus"
    title: "Oskar Ursinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Ursinus"
    title: "Oskar Ursinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Ursinus"
    title: "Oskar Ursinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Ursinus"
    title: "Oskar Ursinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78394"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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