# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/claes-gerritszoon-compaen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:19:51.337Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/claes-gerritszoon-compaen"
name: "Claes Gerritszoon Compaen"
slug: "claes-gerritszoon-compaen"
description: "Claes Gerritszoon Compaen, also called Claas Compaan or Klaas Kompaan, was a 17th-century Dutch corsair and merchant. Dissatisfied as a privateer for the Dutch Republic, he turned to piracy and captured hundreds of ships operating in Europe, the Mediterranean and West Africa during the 1620s."
tagline: "Privateer and pirate"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claes_Gerritszoon_Compaen_(1587-1660).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1587"
deathDate: "1660-02-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.546113333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Gerritszoon_Compaen"
    title: "Claes Gerritszoon Compaen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "كلايس جيريتسون كومبان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Compaen"
    title: "Claes Compaen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Gerritszoon_Compaen"
    title: "Claes Gerritszoon Compaen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Gerritszoon_Compaen"
    title: "Claes Gerritszoon Compaen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Gerritszoon_Compaen"
    title: "Claes Gerritszoon Compaen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Compaen"
    title: "Claes Compaen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8270"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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