# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-cornets-de-groot
# Generated: 2026-09-01T06:38:59.689Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-cornets-de-groot"
name: "Jan Cornets de Groot"
slug: "jan-cornets-de-groot"
description: "Jan Cornets De Groot or Johan Hugo De Groot Latinized as Janus Grotius was a Dutch nobleman and scholar who conducted experiments in physics and explored natural philosophy. Along with Simon Stevin he experimented on the time taken for lead of different weights to fall to the ground to prove Aristotle wrong in the famous Delft tower experiment."
tagline: "Dutch politician (1554-1640)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/10522-johan-de-groot.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1554"
deathDate: "1640"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.271130666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  58
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA_(%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A)"
    title: "جان دي غروت (فيزيائي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Cornets_De_Groot"
    title: "Jan Cornets De Groot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Cornets_de_Groot"
    title: "Jan Cornets de Groot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2596609"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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