Baron Munchausen is a fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book Baron Munchausen's Narrative of His Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia. The character is loosely based on Hieronymus Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen.
- Occupation
- military personnel, writer, military officer, narrator
- Citizenship
- Electorate of Hanover
- Born
- May 11, 1720
- Died
- February 22, 1797
