# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-wegener
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:36:59.601Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-wegener"
name: "Wilhelm Wegener"
slug: "wilhelm-wegener"
description: "Wilhelm Wegener was a German general of infantry, serving during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. He was killed in action by the Soviet air attack aircraft on 24 September 1944. His demise was announced by Berlin radio on 26 September 1944, stating that he “met a hero’s death” on the Eastern Front."
tagline: "Wehrmacht general (1895-1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Unser_Heer%2C_Folge_3_(1942)%2C_Oberst_Wilhelm_Wegener.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1895-04-29"
deathDate: "1944-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45
  momentum:             4.736842105263158
  historical:           9.146977333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "威廉·魏格纳"
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    title: "Вилхелм Вегенер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Wegener_(General)"
    title: "Wilhelm Wegener (General)"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Wegener"
    title: "Wilhelm Wegener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Wegener"
    title: "Wilhelm Wegener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Wegener"
    title: "Wilhelm Wegener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Wegener"
    title: "Wilhelm Wegener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Wegener"
    title: "Wilhelm Wegener"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC"
    title: "Вегенер, Вильгельм"
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  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump