# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-knappert
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:46:56.543Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-knappert"
name: "Jan Knappert"
slug: "jan-knappert"
description: "Jan Knappert was a well-known expert on the Swahili language. He was also an Esperantist, and he wrote an Esperanto-Swahili dictionary."
tagline: "Dutch linguist (1927–2005)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1927-01-14"
deathDate: "2005-05-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.670662666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Knappert"
    title: "Jan Knappert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "چان كناپيرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Knappert"
    title: "Jan Knappert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Knappert"
    title: "Jan Knappert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Knappert"
    title: "Jan Knappert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "یان کناپرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Knappert"
    title: "Jan Knappert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Knappert_(taalkundige)"
    title: "Jan Knappert (taalkundige)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Knappert"
    title: "Jan Knappert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3161694"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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