# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-the-wild-boy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:05:17.744Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-the-wild-boy"
name: "Peter the Wild Boy"
slug: "peter-the-wild-boy"
description: "Peter the Wild Boy was a German boy who was found in 1725 living wild in the woods near Hamelin. He was of unknown parentage and had been living an entirely feral existence for an unknown length of time, surviving by eating forest flora; he walked on all fours, exhibited uncivilized behaviour and could not be taught to speak a language. It has been speculated that he suffered from the very rare genetic disorder Pitt–Hopkins syndrome."
tagline: "Feral child"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_the_Wild_Boy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1713-01-01"
deathDate: "1785-02-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.46
  momentum:             2.917933130699088
  historical:           8.371318666666665
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%2C_den_vilde_pojken"
    title: "Peter, den vilde pojken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%96%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80_(%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D1%85%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%BA)"
    title: "Пітэр (феральны хлопчык)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilder_Peter_von_Hameln"
    title: "Wilder Peter von Hameln"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Wild_Boy"
    title: "Peter the Wild Boy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Hamel%C3%ADn"
    title: "Pedro de Hamelín"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_di_Hannover"
    title: "Peter di Hannover"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%8E%E7%94%9F%E5%85%90%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC"
    title: "野生児ピーター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%2C_o_selvagem"
    title: "Peter, o selvagem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_(%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA)"
    title: "Питер (одичавший ребёнок)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77695"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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