# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-pieterszoon-coen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:24:29.249Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-pieterszoon-coen"
name: "Jan Pieterszoon Coen"
slug: "jan-pieterszoon-coen"
description: "Jan Pieterszoon Coen was a Dutch naval officer of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the early 17th century, serving two terms as governor-general of the Dutch East Indies. He was the founder of Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies. Renowned for providing the impulse that set the VOC on the path to dominance in the Dutch East Indies, he was long considered a national hero in the Netherlands. Since the 19th century, his legacy has become controversial due to the brutal violence he employed in order to secure a trade monopoly on nutmeg, mace and cloves. He led the final Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands in 1621, which culminated in the Banda massacre, which saw 2,800 Bandanese killed and 1,700 enslaved by the Dutch. This is regarded as an act of genocide and earned him the nickname of 'Butcher of Banda'."
tagline: "Dutch colonial governor"
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gender: "male"
birthDate: "1587-01-08"
deathDate: "1629-09-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump