# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/basil-van-rooyen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:02:51.295Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/basil-van-rooyen"
name: "Basil van Rooyen"
slug: "basil-van-rooyen"
description: "Basil van Rooyen was a South African racing driver, race car developer, inventor, and engineer. His career comprised racing a motorcycle, Anglia, Lotus Cortina, Mustang, Alfa Romeo, Capri Perana Chevy Can-am, Fiat/Ferrari saloon cars, sports cars, single seaters and Formula 1."
tagline: "South African racing driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photo_of_Basil_van_Rooyen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1939-04-19"
deathDate: "2023-09-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.72
  momentum:             9.999999999999998
  historical:           13.608928
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  222
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Basil van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "باسل فان روين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Базил ван Роойен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Basil van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Basil van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Basil van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "باسیل فون روین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Basil van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Basil van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Basil van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Basil van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Basil van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Basil van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Basil van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Basil van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Basil van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_van_Rooyen"
    title: "Basil van Rooyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172816"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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