# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sebastian-leitner
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:10:02.412Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sebastian-leitner"
name: "Sebastian Leitner"
slug: "sebastian-leitner"
description: "Sebastian Leitner was a German commentator and science popularizer. In his 1972 book \"So lernt man Lernen \" he was the first to advocate learning with flashcards."
tagline: "German psychologist (1919–1989)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1919"
deathDate: "1989"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.8
  momentum:             10.35451729671232
  historical:           10.88574666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "瑟巴斯坦·萊特納"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سيباستيان لايتنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سيباستيان لايتنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Leitner_(Publizist)"
    title: "Sebastian Leitner (Publizist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Leitner"
    title: "Sebastian Leitner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Leitner"
    title: "Sebastian Leitner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "سباستین لایتنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Leitner"
    title: "Sebastian Leitner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%91%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%A8"
    title: "סבסטיאן לייטנר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Leitner"
    title: "Sebastian Leitner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD"
    title: "Лейтнер, Себастьян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Себастьян Лейтнер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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