# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/uwe-meffert
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:13:37.000Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/uwe-meffert"
name: "Uwe Mèffert"
slug: "uwe-meffert"
description: "Uwe Mèffert was a German puzzle designer and inventor. He manufactured and sold mechanical puzzles in the style of Rubik's Cube since the 'cube craze' of the 1980s. His first design was the Pyraminx – which he had developed before the original Rubik's Cube was invented. He created his own puzzle company and helped bring to market the Megaminx, Skewb, Skewb Diamond and many other puzzles."
tagline: "German puzzle designer (1939–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Uwe_meffert.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1939-11-30"
deathDate: "2022-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.08
  momentum:             13.34085414987913
  historical:           5.482650666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_M%C3%A8ffert"
    title: "Uwe Mèffert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_M%C3%A8ffert"
    title: "Uwe Mèffert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_M%C3%A8ffert"
    title: "Uwe Mèffert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_M%C3%A8ffert"
    title: "Uwe Mèffert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_M%C3%A8ffert"
    title: "Uwe Mèffert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_M%C3%A8ffert"
    title: "Uwe Mèffert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3552806"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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