# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-van-deventer
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:59:23.065Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-van-deventer"
name: "Jacob van Deventer"
slug: "jacob-van-deventer"
description: "Lieutenant-General Sir Jacob Louis van Deventer, KCB, CMG, DTD was a South African military officer."
tagline: "South African general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ministry_of_Information_First_World_War_Official_Collection_Q15403.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1874-07-18"
deathDate: "1922-08-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.09
  momentum:             0.5338078291814947
  historical:           5.477322666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_van_Deventer_(general)"
    title: "Jacob van Deventer (general)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_van_Deventer"
    title: "Jacob van Deventer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_van_Deventer_(General)"
    title: "Jacob van Deventer (General)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_van_Deventer_(generaal)"
    title: "Jacob van Deventer (generaal)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_van_Deventer_(g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral)"
    title: "Jacob van Deventer (général)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Louis_van_Deventer"
    title: "Jacob Louis van Deventer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6119575"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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