# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/volker-kriegel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:30:27.462Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/volker-kriegel"
name: "Volker Kriegel"
slug: "volker-kriegel"
description: "Volker Kriegel was a German jazz guitarist and composer who was a founding member of the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble. He was also an author and a cartoonist."
tagline: "German musician (1943–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/19921123_volker_kriegel_ujre_braunschweig.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-12-24"
deathDate: "2003-06-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.58
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.175201333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4239763/"
    handle:    "nm4239763"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/177229"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%88%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ڤولكير كريجيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Kriegel"
    title: "Volker Kriegel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Kriegel"
    title: "Volker Kriegel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Kriegel"
    title: "Volker Kriegel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B2%E3%83%AB"
    title: "フォルカー・クリーゲル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Kriegel"
    title: "Volker Kriegel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Volker_Kriegel"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e1f52e5b-7f77-4d5d-b6bb-58f60c5e92ef"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96923"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1820851"
    title: "Volker Kriegel"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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