# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-wetzel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:14:58.795Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-wetzel"
name: "Wilhelm Wetzel"
slug: "wilhelm-wetzel"
description: "Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Wetzel was a German officer, finally General of the Infantry in the Wehrmacht of National Socialist Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross."
tagline: "German General and Knight's Cross recipient (1888-1964)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Grabst%C3%A4tte_Wilhelm_Wetzel.jpg/330px-Grabst%C3%A4tte_Wilhelm_Wetzel.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1888-07-17"
deathDate: "1964-07-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.59
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.410080000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "威廉·韦策尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويلهيلم ويتزيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Wetzel_(General)"
    title: "Wilhelm Wetzel (General)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Wetzel"
    title: "Wilhelm Wetzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Wetzel"
    title: "Wilhelm Wetzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Wetzel"
    title: "Wilhelm Wetzel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC"
    title: "Ветцель, Вильгельм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - 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%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Вільгельм Вецель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568253"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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