# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-hilchen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:36:13.121Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-hilchen"
name: "David Hilchen"
slug: "david-hilchen"
description: "David Hilchen was a humanist, writer and politician mainly active in present-day Latvia and Poland. He was born in Riga and studied law and rhetoric abroad. Upon his return to Riga in 1585, he quickly became engaged in city politics. He helped to settle a period of unrest grounded in religious conflict in the city and was appointed syndic, or legal advisor, to the city council of Riga in 1589."
tagline: "Humanist, writer and politician resided in Livonia (1561-1610)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/POL_COA_Hilchen.svg/330px-POL_COA_Hilchen.svg.png"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1561-11-09"
deathDate: "1610-06-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.13
  momentum:             20.29411764705883
  historical:           5.669474666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C4%81vids_Hilhens"
    title: "Dāvids Hilhens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hilchen"
    title: "David Hilchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hilchen"
    title: "David Hilchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hilchen"
    title: "David Hilchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawid_Hilchen"
    title: "Dawid Hilchen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Хильхен, Давид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4497628"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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