# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wolfgang-von-kempelen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:43:08.135Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wolfgang-von-kempelen"
name: "Wolfgang von Kempelen"
slug: "wolfgang-von-kempelen"
description: "Johann Wolfgang von Kempelen was a writer, engineer, and inventor, known for his chess-playing \"automaton\" hoax The Turk and for his speaking machine."
tagline: "Austrian dramatic, graphic, constructer, linguist, painter, writer, inventor and nobleman (1734-1804)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kempelen-charcoal.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1734-01-23"
deathDate: "1804-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump