# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-velain
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:29:57.902Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-velain"
name: "Charles Vélain"
slug: "charles-velain"
description: "Charles Vélain was a French geologist and geographer. He was born in Château-Thierry."
tagline: "French geologist (1845-1925)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/La_Sorbonne._M._le_professeur_Velain_(G%C3%A9ographie_physique).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1845-05-16"
deathDate: "1925-06-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           33.99
  momentum:             8.571428571428571
  historical:           3.934485333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V%C3%A9lain"
    title: "Charles Vélain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V%C3%A9lain"
    title: "Charles Vélain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V%C3%A9lain"
    title: "Charles Vélain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V%C3%A9lain"
    title: "Charles Vélain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2960412"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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