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Otto Rössler

German biochemist and chaos theorist (born 1940)
Person Human Q77188

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
May 20, 1940
Date of death
October 5, 2026
Place of birth
Berlin
Country of citizenship
Germany[9]
Occupation
biochemist, university teacher, scientist, philosopher, chemist
Employer
University of Tübingen[10]
Work location
Tübingen[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[18]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[21]
Described by source
V2 archive[17]
Family name
Rössler[13]
Given name
Otto, Eberhard[14][15]
Member of
Leibniz Society of Sciences[11]
Name in native language
Otto E. Rössler[19]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NADD Wikidata project[20]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 37
ISNI
0000000106783905
VIAF cluster ID
93670349
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n79002421
GND ID
119027437
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Otto E. Rössler at transmediale.08.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
90318810
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11354066
CiNii Research ID
1140000791807124096
DDB person (GND) ID
119027437
Described at URL
v2.nl, v2.nl
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119027437
FAST ID
29697
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Freebase ID
/m/0cxm_c
IMDb ID
nm3979576
IdRef ID
110171780
Itaú Cultural ID
pessoa437169/otto-rossler
IxTheo authority ID
06514502X
J9U entity ID
987007267433705171
JRC Names ID
927979
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119027437
LEO-BW person (GND) ID
119027437
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
35070
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA05947330
NDL Authority ID
00685426
NL CR AUT ID
ntk2010610907
NSK (VIAF) ID
000416313
NSK ID
981005800183109366
NUKAT ID
n2011064885
National Library of Korea ID
KAC202261217
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
067998143
PM20 folder ID
pe/014837
RERO ID (legacy)
A006041829
SHARE Catalogue author ID
19850
TMDB person ID
4321490
Union List of Artist Names ID
500474229
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxGYdxKmGTFgfXbVGFFrq
Yale LUX ID
person/42cac71b-98b3-4ef1-abee-623053fe60ca

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
scientist, philosopher, biochemist, university teacher
Given name 2
Otto, Eberhard
Country of citizenship 1
Germany
Employer 1
University of Tübingen
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Member of 1
Leibniz Society of Sciences
Named after 1
Rössler attractor
Place of birth 1
Berlin
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
Tübingen
← Discoverer or inventor 1
Burning Ship fractal
← SNARC ID 1
Great Shefford
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Summary

Otto Rössler was born on May 20, 1940[1], in Berlin[2]. He died on October 5, 2026[3]. He worked as a biochemist[4], university teacher[5], scientist[6], philosopher[7], and chemist[8].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Otto Rössler include Rössler attractor[22].

Why It Matters

He is credited with the discovery of Burning Ship fractal[23], a formula[24]. Entities named for him include Rössler attractor[22].

FAQs

Where was Otto Rössler born?

Otto Rössler's place of birth was Berlin[2].

What did Otto Rössler do for work?

Otto Rössler worked as a biochemist[4], university teacher[5], scientist[6], philosopher[7], and chemist[8].

What did Otto Rössler discover?

Otto Rössler is credited as discoverer of Burning Ship fractal[23].

Related Entities

Germany

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . v2.nl. Retrieved . v2.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . V2 archive. Retrieved . v2.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . V2 archive. Retrieved . v2.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural. wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . trauer.swp.de. Retrieved . trauer.swp.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . v2.nl. Retrieved . v2.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . v2.nl. Retrieved . v2.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 20d ago · AlbertRA · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Otto E. Rössler at transmediale.08.jpg
    "Changed claim: Image: Otto E. Rössler at transmediale.08.jpg"
  2. 24d ago · Jmax · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Date of death: 5 October 2026"
  3. 25d ago · Qcomp · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of death → +2026-10-05T00:00:00Z
    "Created claim: Date of death: 5 October 2026"
  4. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    LEO-BW person (GND) ID → 119027437
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57570: Import LEO-BW ID"
  5. 17w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    J9U entity ID → 987007267433705171
    "Created claim: J9U entity ID: 987007267433705171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783595065105; Based on LC id in the National Library of Israel"
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