# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gilles-holst
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:18:52.822Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gilles-holst"
name: "Gilles Holst"
slug: "gilles-holst"
description: "Gilles Holst was a Dutch physicist, known worldwide for his invention of the low-pressure sodium lamp in 1932."
tagline: "Dutch physicist (1886–1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gilles_Holst_(1886-1968)_in_1925_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1886-03-20"
deathDate: "1968-10-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.37
  momentum:             0.1886792452830189
  historical:           8.274442666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Gilles Holst"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Holst"
    title: "Gilles Holst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Holst"
    title: "Gilles Holst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Holst"
    title: "Gilles Holst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "ژیلز هولست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Holst"
    title: "Gilles Holst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Holst"
    title: "Gilles Holst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88"
    title: "ジル・ホルスト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump