# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-franz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:15:40.461Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-franz"
name: "Walter Franz"
slug: "walter-franz"
description: "Walter Franz was a German theoretical physicist who independently discovered the Franz–Keldysh effect."
tagline: "German physicist (1911–1992)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1911-04-08"
deathDate: "1992-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.471418666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Franz_(Physiker)"
    title: "Walter Franz (Physiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B0_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%8A)"
    title: "والتر فرانز (أستاذ جامعي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "والتر فرانز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Franz"
    title: "Walter Franz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Franz"
    title: "Walter Franz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "والتر فرانز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91665"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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