# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/etienne-vermeersch
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:43:38.970Z

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name: "Etienne Vermeersch"
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description: "Etienne Vermeersch was a Belgian moral philosopher, skeptic, opinion maker and debater. He is one of the founding fathers of the abortion, euthanasia law, and the Law on Patients' Rights in Belgium. Vermeersch became an atheist after five years with the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Later he became a philosophical materialist. In January 2008, Vermeersch was chosen by hundred prominent Flemings as the most influential intellectual of Flanders. He died in a hospital in Ghent on 18 January 2019 by euthanasia after a long illness."
tagline: "Belgian debater, philosopher and skeptic (1934–2019)"
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birthDate: "1934-05-02"
deathDate: "2019-01-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump