# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/reinhold-niebuhr
# Generated: 2026-09-07T22:27:35.552Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/reinhold-niebuhr"
name: "Reinhold Niebuhr"
slug: "reinhold-niebuhr"
description: "Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr was an American Reformed theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor at Union Theological Seminary for more than 30 years. Niebuhr was one of America's leading public intellectuals for several decades of the 20th century and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. A public theologian, he wrote and spoke frequently about the intersection of religion, politics, and public policy, with his most influential books including Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man."
tagline: "American Protestant theologian (1892–1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rev._Reinhold_Niebuhr_1927_Edit.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1892-06-21"
deathDate: "1971-06-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.18032
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2119866"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%87%D8%B1"
    title: "رينهولد نيبوهر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%87%D8%B1"
    title: "رينهولد نيبوهر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80"
    title: "Райнхолд Нибур"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Reinhold Niebuhr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Reinhold Niebuhr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Reinhold Niebuhr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Reinhold Niebuhr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Reinhold Niebuhr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Reinhold Niebuhr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "راینهولد نیبور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Reinhold Niebuhr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Reinhold Niebuhr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93_%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8"
    title: "ריינהולד ניבור"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Reinhold Niebuhr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Reinhold Niebuhr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ラインホルド・ニーバー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80"
    title: "Рейнхольд Нибур"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B8%ED%99%80%EB%93%9C_%EB%8B%88%EB%B2%84"
    title: "라인홀드 니버"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Reinhold Niebuhr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Reinhold Niebuhr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Reinhold Niebuhr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Reinhold Niebuhr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4"
    title: "Нибур, Рейнгольд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Reinhold Niebuhr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Reinhold Niebuhr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://bjn.wikiquote.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://bs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"

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