# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arnold-heertje
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:50:58.592Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arnold-heertje"
name: "Arnold Heertje"
slug: "arnold-heertje"
description: "Arnold Heertje was a Dutch economist and professor at the University of Amsterdam, writer and columnist. He became more generally known for his opposition to the Betuweroute."
tagline: "Dutch economist (1934-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arnold_Heertje.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1934-02-19"
deathDate: "2020-04-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.55
  momentum:             0.804289544235925
  historical:           6.147841333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Heertje"
    title: "Arnold Heertje"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%DA%86"
    title: "ارنولد هيرتچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Heertje"
    title: "Arnold Heertje"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Heertje"
    title: "Arnold Heertje"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Heertje"
    title: "Arnold Heertje"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Heertje"
    title: "Arnold Heertje"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Heertje"
    title: "Arnold Heertje"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3266000"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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