# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/balthasar-van-der-pol
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:50:02.458Z

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name: "Balthasar van der Pol"
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description: "Balthasar van der Pol (1889–1959) was a Dutch physicist known for the van der Pol oscillator."
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birthDate: "1889-01-27"
deathDate: "1959-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump