# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-defoort
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:20:25.410Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-defoort"
name: "Eric Defoort"
slug: "eric-defoort"
description: "Eric Defoort was a Flemish Belgian politician and president of the European Free Alliance."
tagline: "Belgian politician (1943-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eric_Defoort_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-06-27"
deathDate: "2016-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.4
  momentum:             3.888888888888889
  historical:           7.670266666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Defoort"
    title: "Eric Defoort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "اريك ديفوورت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Defoort"
    title: "Eric Defoort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Defoort"
    title: "Eric Defoort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Defoort"
    title: "Eric Defoort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Defoort"
    title: "Eric Defoort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Defoort"
    title: "Eric Defoort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Defoort"
    title: "Eric Defoort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Defoort"
    title: "Eric Defoort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351218"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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