# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-sapper
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:24:35.066Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-sapper"
name: "Richard Sapper"
slug: "richard-sapper"
description: "Richard Sapper was a German industrial designer who was based in Milan for much of his career. He is considered to be one of the most influential figures of post-war design. His products typically feature a combination of technical innovation, simplicity of form, and an element of wit and surprise."
tagline: "German industrial designer (1932–2015)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c0/Richard_Sapper.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1932-05-30"
deathDate: "2015-12-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.44
  momentum:             0.1174628034455756
  historical:           11.37984533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1357416/"
    handle:    "nm1357416"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.richardsapperdesign.com"
sources:
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    title: "Richard Sapper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sapper"
    title: "Richard Sapper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ريتشارد سابر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sapper"
    title: "Richard Sapper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sapper"
    title: "Richard Sapper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sapper"
    title: "Richard Sapper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%B1"
    title: "ریچارد ساپر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sapper"
    title: "Richard Sapper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sapper"
    title: "Richard Sapper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sapper"
    title: "Richard Sapper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%92%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B6%E3%83%83%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC"
    title: "リヒャルト・ザッパー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sapper"
    title: "Richard Sapper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Sapper"
    title: "Richard Sapper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64699"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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