# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-kniest
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:14:38.758Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-kniest"
name: "Ben Kniest"
slug: "ben-kniest"
description: "Lambertus \"Ben\" Gerhardus Kniest was a water polo player from the Netherlands, who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics; in both games he finished in eighth position with the Dutch team."
tagline: "Dutch water polo player (1927–1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Kniest_1961.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1927-08-27"
deathDate: "1992-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.01
  momentum:             7
  historical:           4.801836
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "بن كنيست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kniest"
    title: "Ben Kniest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kniest"
    title: "Ben Kniest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kniest"
    title: "Ben Kniest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kniest"
    title: "Ben Kniest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2193484"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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