# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wolfgang-finkelnburg
# Generated: 2026-08-15T21:16:42.114Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wolfgang-finkelnburg"
name: "Wolfgang Finkelnburg"
slug: "wolfgang-finkelnburg"
description: "Wolfgang Karl Ernst Finkelnburg was a German physicist who made contributions to spectroscopy, atomic physics, the structure of matter, and high-temperature arc discharges. His vice-presidency of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, from 1941 to 1945, was influential in that organization’s ability to assert its independence from Nazi policies."
tagline: "German physicist (1905–1967)"
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: "1905-06-05"
deathDate: "1967-11-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.51
  momentum:             2.755102040816326
  historical:           5.471166666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Finkelnburg"
    title: "Wolfgang Finkelnburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC"
    title: "فولفجانج فينكلنبورج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Finkelnburg"
    title: "Wolfgang Finkelnburg"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Finkelnburg"
    title: "Wolfgang Finkelnburg"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Finkelnburg"
    title: "Wolfgang Finkelnburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Finkelnburg"
    title: "Wolfgang Finkelnburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91645"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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