# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-gehl
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:46:52.266Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-gehl"
name: "Jan Gehl"
slug: "jan-gehl"
description: "Jan Gehl Hon. FAIA is a Danish architect and urban design consultant based in Copenhagen whose career has focused on improving the quality of urban life by re-orienting city design towards the pedestrian and cyclist. He is a founding partner of Gehl Architects."
tagline: "Danish architect and urban designer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan_Gehl_2006.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1936-09-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.910988
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 250
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump