# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dirk-willems
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:52:12.782Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dirk-willems"
name: "Dirk Willems"
slug: "dirk-willems"
description: "Dirk Willems was a Dutch Anabaptist martyr most famous for escaping from prison but then turning back to rescue his pursuer – who had fallen through thin ice while chasing Willems – only to be recaptured, tortured, and killed for his beliefs."
tagline: "Dutch Anabaptist pacificist martyr"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dirk.willems.rescue.ncs.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1500"
deathDate: "1569-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.95439866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Dirk Willems"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Willems"
    title: "Dirk Willems"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Willems"
    title: "Dirk Willems"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Willems"
    title: "Dirk Willems"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Willems"
    title: "Dirk Willems"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Willems"
    title: "Dirk Willems"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Willems"
    title: "Dirk Willems"
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    title: "Dirk Willems"
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  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%94%94%EB%A5%B4%ED%81%AC_%EB%B9%8C%EB%A0%98%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "디르크 빌렘스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Willems"
    title: "Dirk Willems"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Willems"
    title: "Dirk Willems"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BA"
    title: "Виллемс, Дирк"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump