# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudolf-falb
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:00:41.822Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rudolf-falb"
name: "Rudolf Falb"
slug: "rudolf-falb"
description: "Rudolf Falb (14 April 1838, Obdach was an Austrian popularizer of natural history who concerned himself with earthquakes, meteorology, astronomy and also with evolutionary linguistics. He developed the lunisolar flood hypothesis of earthquakes and volcanism, based on the concept of subterranean lava tides, which the academic community thoroughly refuted even during his lifetime; nevertheless he attained considerable popularity through apparently correct predictions of several seismic events and through numerous failed predictions including the end of the world through the collision of Biela's Comet. Falb's lasting legacy is that he popularized the concept of extraterrestrial influences of geophysical phenomena, even though his concepts regarding the origins of earthquakes were wrong."
tagline: "Austrian popularizer of natural history (1838-1903)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rudolf_Falb.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1838-04-13"
deathDate: "1903-09-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.23
  momentum:             4.288888888888889
  historical:           8.537185333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Рудольф Фальб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8"
    title: "رودولف فالب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Falb"
    title: "Rudolf Falb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Falb"
    title: "Rudolf Falb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Falb"
    title: "Rudolf Falb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Falb"
    title: "Rudolf Falb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Falb"
    title: "Rudolf Falb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Falb"
    title: "Rudolf Falb"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%2C_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84"
    title: "Фальб, Рудольф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Falb"
    title: "Rudolf Falb"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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