# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-von-helmholtz
# Generated: 2026-09-03T10:41:41.354Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-von-helmholtz"
name: "Richard von Helmholtz"
slug: "richard-von-helmholtz"
description: "Richard Wilhelm Ferdinand von Helmholtz was a German engineer and designer of steam locomotives. Richard von Helmholtz was born on 28 September 1852 in Königsberg, Prussia, the son of the physicist Hermann von Helmholtz and his first wife Olga, née von Velten."
tagline: "German engineer and designer of steam locomotives (1852-1934)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1852-09-28"
deathDate: "1934-09-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.43
  momentum:             18.88392857142857
  historical:           5.472282666666667
  currentAttention:     57.29166666666666
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_von_Helmholtz"
    title: "Richard von Helmholtz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "ريتشارد فون هلمهولتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "ريتشارد فون هلمهولتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%86%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Гельмгольц, Рихард фон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_von_Helmholtz"
    title: "Richard von Helmholtz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_von_Helmholtz"
    title: "Richard von Helmholtz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109501"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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