# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-roodt
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:11:11.294Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-roodt"
name: "Dan Roodt"
slug: "dan-roodt"
description: "Daniel Francois Roodt is a South African author, publisher, and commentator."
tagline: "South African writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dani%C3%ABl_Fran%C3%A7ois_Roodt_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1957-05-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.59
  momentum:             1.338129496402878
  historical:           5.295034666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Roodt"
    title: "Dan Roodt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Roodt"
    title: "Dan Roodt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Roodt"
    title: "Dan Roodt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dan_Roodt"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%9F_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%98"
    title: "דן רוט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dan_Roodt"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5214309"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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