# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-kruis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:56:31.855Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-kruis"
name: "Jan Kruis"
slug: "jan-kruis"
description: "Johannes Andries \"Jan\" Kruis was a Dutch comics artist best known for the family strip Jack, Jacky and the Juniors."
tagline: "Dutch cartoonist (1933-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan_Kruis_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1933-06-08"
deathDate: "2017-01-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.13
  momentum:             25.28571428571428
  historical:           7.487186666666666
  currentAttention:     24.64
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3189995/"
    handle:    "nm3189995"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.janjans.nl.nu/info/jan-kruis"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2259975"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kruis"
    title: "Jan Kruis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "چان كرويس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kruis"
    title: "Jan Kruis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kruis"
    title: "Jan Kruis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kruis"
    title: "Jan Kruis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kruis"
    title: "Jan Kruis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kruis_(striptekenaar)"
    title: "Jan Kruis (striptekenaar)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kruis"
    title: "Jan Kruis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335991"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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