# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-schenkman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:11:08.595Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-schenkman"
name: "Jan Schenkman"
slug: "jan-schenkman"
description: "Jan Schenkman was a Dutch teacher, poet, and author of books for children. He is best remembered for writing several traditional songs sung during the Sinterklaas holidays. He also wrote the book Saint Nicholas and his Servant (1850)."
tagline: "Dutch writer and teacher (1806-1863)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jan_Schenkman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1806-10-01"
deathDate: "1863-05-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.58
  momentum:             10.92261904761905
  historical:           6.138625333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c5831f8d-a2cf-47d9-bc8a-c8a85ff88b34"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "چان ستشينكمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Schenkman"
    title: "Jan Schenkman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Schenkman"
    title: "Jan Schenkman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Schenkman"
    title: "Jan Schenkman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Schenkman"
    title: "Jan Schenkman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Schenkman"
    title: "Jan Schenkman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3053312"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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