# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-merseburger
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:03:08.554Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-merseburger"
name: "Peter Merseburger"
slug: "peter-merseburger"
description: "Peter Merseburger was a German journalist and author. After working for newspapers and the magazine Der Spiegel, he moved to the broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) in 1965. He became known as television presenter of the political magazine Panorama that he moderated from 1967 to 1975, presenting controversial themes. From 1977, he was correspondent of the ARD in several capital cities such as Washington, D.C., East Berlin and London. After retirement in 1991, he turned to writing biographies of influential persons including Kurt Schumacher, Willy Brandt, Rudolf Augstein, and Theodor Heuss."
tagline: "German journalist (1928-2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Merseburger.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1928-05-09"
deathDate: "2022-02-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.47
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.420268
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581490/"
    handle:    "nm0581490"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Merseburger"
    title: "Peter Merseburger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B1"
    title: "بيتر ميرس برجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Петер Мерзебургер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Merseburger"
    title: "Peter Merseburger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Merseburger"
    title: "Peter Merseburger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Merseburger"
    title: "Peter Merseburger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Merseburger"
    title: "Petrus Merseburger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125528"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1432302"
    title: "Peter Merseburger"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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