# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carel-victor-gerritsen
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:19:54.168Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carel-victor-gerritsen"
name: "Carel Victor Gerritsen"
slug: "carel-victor-gerritsen"
description: "Carel Victor Gerritsen was a Dutch politician known for his radical views. The husband of Aletta Jacobs, he was a proponent of open government, fair wages and birth control. He served as an alderman in Amsterdam and a representative in the States of North Holland. He helped found many radical organisations in the Netherlands including the Neo-Malthusian League, the Radical League and the Free-thinking Democratic League."
tagline: "Dutch politician (1850-1905)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CarelVictorGerritsen-IMG0084.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1850-02-02"
deathDate: "1905-07-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.755365333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "كاريل فيكتور جريتسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carel_Victor_Gerritsen"
    title: "Carel Victor Gerritsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carel_Victor_Gerritsen"
    title: "Carel Victor Gerritsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carel_Victor_Gerritsen"
    title: "Carel Victor Gerritsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2332027"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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