# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-verbiest
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:24:09.175Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-verbiest"
name: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
slug: "ferdinand-verbiest"
description: "Ferdinand Verbiest, was a Flemish Jesuit missionary in China during the Qing dynasty. He was born in Pittem near Tielt in the County of Flanders. He is known as Nan Huairen in Chinese."
tagline: "Flemish Jesuit missionary in Qing dynasty China (1623–1688)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E5%8D%97%E5%85%AC%E6%87%B7%E4%BB%81%E5%83%8F.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1623-10-09"
deathDate: "1688-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.13788
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbist"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbist"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Фердинанд Вербийст"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A0%D7%93_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98"
    title: "פרדיננד פרביסט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88"
    title: "フェルディナント・フェルビースト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8E%98%EB%A5%B4%EB%94%94%EB%82%9C%ED%8A%B8_%ED%8E%98%EB%A5%B4%EB%B9%84%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8"
    title: "페르디난트 페르비스트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Фердинанд Вербист"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%2C_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4"
    title: "Вербист, Фердинанд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Verbiest"
    title: "Ferdinand Verbiest"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q378277"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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