# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wolfgang-steinitz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:04:23.553Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wolfgang-steinitz"
name: "Wolfgang Steinitz"
slug: "wolfgang-steinitz"
description: "Wolfgang Steinitz was a German linguist and folklorist. \nThrough his rediscovery of hidden social commentary in traditional folk songs, he was an important pioneer of the German folk-revival in both East and West Germany. \nHe researched the language and culture of the Ugric peoples of West Siberia, including the songs that form an important part of the tradition of this endangered ethnic group. \nSteinitz also left extensive work in other areas of linguistic studies."
tagline: "German ethnologist (1905-1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-K0929-501%2C_Moskau%2C_deutsche_Delegation_auf_Bootstour.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1905-02-28"
deathDate: "1967-04-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.82
  momentum:             6.963434022257552
  historical:           5.475522666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Steinitz"
    title: "Wolfgang Steinitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "ولفجانج ستينيتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Steinitz"
    title: "Wolfgang Steinitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b2b86032-f7a9-4bdb-8b7d-65581fea50df"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Steinitz"
    title: "Wolfgang Steinitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%2C_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Штайниц, Вольфганг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108460"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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