# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-johann-karl-zahn
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:46:04.679Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-johann-karl-zahn"
name: "Wilhelm Johann Karl Zahn"
slug: "wilhelm-johann-karl-zahn"
description: "Wilhelm Johann Karl Zahn was a German architect, painter, art critic and design researcher particularly of Roman interior designs found in the ruins of Pompeii. Wilhelm was born in Rodenberg, Schaumburg, as the fourth of five children of painter Bernhard Zahn, and his wife, Christiane, née Weis according to church records. He attended high schools in Bückeburg and Rinteln where he received a universal education. It was in Rinteln where Zahn studied the classics under a Professor Stein who Zahn remembered with particular affection."
tagline: "German artist (1800-1871)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilhelm_Johann_Karl_Zahn_on_Sept_30_1848_portrait_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1800-08-21"
deathDate: "1871-08-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.65
  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.672534666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Zahn_(K%C3%BCnstler)"
    title: "Wilhelm Zahn (Künstler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ويلهلم يوهان كارل زان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ويلهلم يوهان كارل زان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Zahn"
    title: "Wilhelm Zahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Johann_Karl_Zahn"
    title: "Wilhelm Johann Karl Zahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC"
    title: "Цан, Иоганн Карл Вильгельм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6250797"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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