# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cornelis-jan-witsen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:51:28.999Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cornelis-jan-witsen"
name: "Cornelis Jan Witsen"
slug: "cornelis-jan-witsen"
description: "Cornelis Jan Witsen was a counsellor and mayor of the city of Amsterdam. He was the father of Nicolaes Witsen and the son of Jan Witsz(en) and Grietje Claes."
tagline: "Mayor of Amsterdam (1605-1669)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Schuttersmaaltijd_ter_viering_van_de_Vrede_van_Munster_Rijksmuseum_SK-C-2_(cropped).jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1605-09-08"
deathDate: "1669-03-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.670806666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Jan_Witsen"
    title: "Cornelis Jan Witsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "كورنيليس جان ويتسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Jan_Witsen"
    title: "Cornelis Jan Witsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%81_%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Корнеліс Ян Вітсен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Jan_Witsen"
    title: "Cornelis Jan Witsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Витсен, Корнелис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q474519"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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