# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frans-erasmus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:48:14.267Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frans-erasmus"
name: "Frans Erasmus"
slug: "frans-erasmus"
description: "François Christiaan Erasmus was a South African National Party politician and Minister of Defence from June 1948 to 1959 as well as Minister of Justice from 1959 to August 1961."
tagline: "South African politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FC_Erasmus.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1896"
deathDate: "1967-01-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.04
  momentum:             0.457516339869281
  historical:           5.272426666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "فرانس اراسموس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Erasmus"
    title: "Frans Erasmus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "فرانس إراسموس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Erasmus"
    title: "Frans Erasmus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Erasmus"
    title: "Frans Erasmus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Christiaan_Erasmus"
    title: "François Christiaan Erasmus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3084260"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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