# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudolf-poch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:41:39.908Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rudolf-poch"
name: "Rudolf Pöch"
slug: "rudolf-poch"
description: "Rudolf Pöch was an Austrian medical doctor, anthropologist, and ethnologist. Pöch is also known as a pioneer in photography, cinematography, and audio engineering. He can be regarded as a founding father of the Institute for Anthropology and Ethnography at the University of Vienna. His work in anthropology has been labelled as \"one of the darkest chapters of anthropology\" by Katarina Matiasek. In the 21st century, the extensive collection of human bones and other remains that he brought to Vienna from his various expeditions has been a focal point of efforts towards the repatriation and reburial of human remains."
tagline: "Austrian doctor, anthropologist and ethnologist (1870–1921)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rudolf_P%C3%B6ch.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1870-04-17"
deathDate: "1921-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.95
  momentum:             1.105527638190955
  historical:           6.341289333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1325569"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "رودولف پوتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_P%C3%B6ch"
    title: "Rudolf Pöch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_P%C3%B6ch"
    title: "Rudolf Pöch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Poch"
    title: "Rudolf Poch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%91%D1%85%2C_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84"
    title: "Пёх, Рудольф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%85"
    title: "Рудольф Пех"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88429"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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