# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-hilgers
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:45:28.150Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-hilgers"
name: "Jan Hilgers"
slug: "jan-hilgers"
description: "Johan Willem Emile Louis Hilgers, more commonly known as Jan Hilgers or John Hilgers, was an Indo (Eurasian) aviator and one of the leading pioneers of Dutch aviation. He was the first Dutch pilot to complete a flight in Dutch airspace 29 July 1910. For the official memorial of this in 1955 a monument was erected in the town of Ede, also a road, the \"Jan Hilgersweg\" was named after him."
tagline: "Dutch aviator (1886-1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hilgers-1910.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1886-12-19"
deathDate: "1945-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.75
  momentum:             4.999999999999998
  historical:           5.272138666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Hilgers"
    title: "Jan Hilgers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3"
    title: "چان هيلجيرس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Hilgers"
    title: "Johan Hilgers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Hilgers"
    title: "Johan Hilgers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Hilgers"
    title: "Johan Hilgers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Hilgers"
    title: "Jan Hilgers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336993"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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