# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andrew-van-der-bijl
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:34:06.059Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andrew-van-der-bijl"
name: "Andrew van der Bijl"
slug: "andrew-van-der-bijl"
description: "Andrew \"Anne\" van der Bijl, known in English-speaking countries as Brother Andrew, was a Dutch Christian missionary and founder of the Christian organization Open Doors. He was known for smuggling Bibles and other Christian literature into communist countries during the Cold War and, because of his activities, he was nicknamed \"God's Smuggler\"."
tagline: "Dutch Christian missionary (1928–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Anne_van_der_Bijl_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-05-11"
deathDate: "2022-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.45897333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/28e23ca5-4305-4404-a74f-252addf4cad9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%8E_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB"
    title: "Андрю ван дер Бейл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_van_der_Bijl"
    title: "Anne van der Bijl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruder_Andrew"
    title: "Bruder Andrew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_van_der_Bijl"
    title: "Andrew van der Bijl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_van_der_Bijl"
    title: "Anne van der Bijl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "اندرو ون در بیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_van_der_Bijl"
    title: "André van der Bijl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_van_der_Bijl"
    title: "Anne van der Bijl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_van_der_Bijl"
    title: "Anne van der Bijl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_van_der_Bijl"
    title: "Anne van der Bijl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%2C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5"
    title: "Ван дер Бейл, Анне"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broder_Andrew"
    title: "Broder Andrew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q659409"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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