# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willi-hennig
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:34:23.632Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willi-hennig"
name: "Willi Hennig"
slug: "willi-hennig"
description: "Emil Hans Willi Hennig was a German biologist and zoologist who is considered the founder of phylogenetic systematics, otherwise known as cladistics. In 1945 as a prisoner of war, Hennig began work on his theory of cladistics, which he published in German in 1950, with a substantially revised English translation published in 1966. With his works on evolution and systematics he revolutionised the view of the natural order of beings. As a taxonomist, he specialised in dipterans."
tagline: "German biologist (1913–1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willi_Hennig2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1913-04-20"
deathDate: "1976-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.98
  momentum:             3.913043478260867
  historical:           20.77592133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Хенниг, Вилли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Hennig"
    title: "Willi Hennig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%87%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%BA"
    title: "ويلي هنيغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC"
    title: "ويلى هنيج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%82"
    title: "ویلی هنیق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B3"
    title: "Вілі Хеніг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Hennig"
    title: "Willi Hennig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Hennig"
    title: "Willi Hennig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Hennig"
    title: "Willi Hennig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Hennig"
    title: "Willi Hennig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Hennig"
    title: "Willi Hennig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Hennig"
    title: "Willi Hennig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Hennig"
    title: "Willi Hennig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%AF"
    title: "ویلی هنیگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Hennig"
    title: "Willi Hennig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%92"
    title: "וילי הניג"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Hennig"
    title: "Willi Hennig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%83%92"
    title: "ヴィリー・ヘニッヒ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aemilius_Ioannes_Gulielmus_Henning"
    title: "Aemilius Ioannes Gulielmus Henning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bili_Jenig"
    title: "Bili Jenig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Hennig"
    title: "Willi Hennig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Hennig"
    title: "Willi Hennig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Hennig"
    title: "Willi Hennig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Hennig"
    title: "Willi Hennig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Hennig"
    title: "Willi Hennig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57999"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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