# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/father-damien
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:33:30.197Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/father-damien"
name: "Father Damien"
slug: "father-damien"
description: "Damien De Veuster, popularly known as Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, was a Belgian Catholic priest in the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. He ministered to a leper colony in Molokaʻi, Kingdom of Hawaii, from 1873 until his death in 1889."
tagline: "19th century Belgian Roman Catholic priest and saint (1840–1889)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Father_Damien%2C_photograph_by_William_Brigham.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1840-01-03"
deathDate: "1889-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           59.57
  momentum:             15.20755785725846
  historical:           23.37491066666667
  currentAttention:     14.04
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 129
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Father_Damien"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3)"
    title: "داميان (قديس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "الاب داميان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Дамиан Молокайски"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dami%C3%A0_de_Molokai"
    title: "Damià de Molokai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_de_Veuster"
    title: "Damien de Veuster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_de_Veuster"
    title: "Damian de Veuster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Dami%C3%A0n_ad_Molokai"
    title: "San Damiàn ad Molokai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Damien"
    title: "Father Damien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patro_Damiano"
    title: "Patro Damiano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dami%C3%A1n_de_Molokai"
    title: "Damián de Molokai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aita_Damian"
    title: "Aita Damian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%C3%A4_Damien"
    title: "Isä Damien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A8re_Damien"
    title: "Père Damien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dami%C3%A1n_de_Molokai"
    title: "Damián de Molokai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://haw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makua_Kamiano"
    title: "Makua Kamiano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otac_Damien"
    title: "Otac Damien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molokai_Szent_Damj%C3%A1n"
    title: "Molokai Szent Damján"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastor_Damien"
    title: "Pastor Damien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damiano_de_Veuster"
    title: "Damiano de Veuster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ダミアン神父"
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    title: "다미앵 신부"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damianus_Molocaiensis"
    title: "Damianus Molocaiensis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pater_Damiaan"
    title: "Pater Damiaan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pader_Dami%C3%A1n"
    title: "Pader Damián"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Damiano_de_Veuster"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232785"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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