# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-zeller
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:58:52.155Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-zeller"
name: "Walter Zeller"
slug: "walter-zeller"
description: "Walter Zeller was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany who rode for the BMW factory racing team. His best year was in 1956 when he finished the season second in the 500cc world championship behind John Surtees."
tagline: "German motorcycle racer (1927–1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BMW%2C_Bj._1958%2C_Walter_Zeller_1979.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1927-09-11"
deathDate: "1995-02-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.03
  momentum:             6.610549943883277
  historical:           6.539309333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Zeller"
    title: "Walter Zeller"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9)"
    title: "والتر زيلر (متسابق دراجات نارية)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "والتر زيلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Zeller"
    title: "Walter Zeller"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Zeller_(motorcyclist)"
    title: "Walter Zeller (motorcyclist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Zeller"
    title: "Walter Zeller"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Zeller"
    title: "Walter Zeller"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95324"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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