# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-kress
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:46:53.869Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-kress"
name: "Wilhelm Kress"
slug: "wilhelm-kress"
description: "Wilhelm Kress Born of German (Bavarian) parents in St. Petersburg in 1836. Moved to Vienna in 1873, where his self-propelled flying models attracted much attention. He became a naturalized Austrian."
tagline: "Austrian aviation pioneer (1836-1913)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1kress_portrait_pg_350.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1836-07-29"
deathDate: "1913-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.820895522388061
  historical:           11.14244133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Wilhelm Kress"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wilhelm Kress"
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    title: "Wilhelm Kress"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wilhelm Kress"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump