# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otto-merz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:58:45.197Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otto-merz"
name: "Otto Merz"
slug: "otto-merz"
description: "Otto Merz was a German racing driver, chauffeur and mechanic. He was a driver in the motorcade during the 1914 assassination of Archuduke Franz Ferdinand and later won the second running of the German Grand Prix in 1927. He died in a crash during practice for the 1933 Avusrennen in a modified Mercedes SSK on 18 May 1933."
tagline: "German racecar driver, witness to assassination of Archduke Ferdinand (1889–1933)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Otto_Merz_1928_German_GP.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1889-06-12"
deathDate: "1933-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.12
  momentum:             10.86206896551724
  historical:           6.343917333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Merz"
    title: "Otto Merz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "اوتو ميرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Merz"
    title: "Otto Merz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Merz"
    title: "Otto Merz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Merz"
    title: "Otto Merz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%84"
    title: "オットー・メルツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Merz"
    title: "Otto Merz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78387"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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