# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-sindel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:33:17.052Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-sindel"
name: "Jan Šindel"
slug: "jan-sindel"
description: "Jan Šindel, also known as Jan Ondřejův, was a Czech medieval scientist and Catholic priest. He was a professor at Charles University in Prague and became the rector of the university in 1410. He lectured on mathematics and astronomy and was also a personal astrologer and physician of kings Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia and his brother Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund."
tagline: "Czech astrologist, astronomer, doctor, mathematician and theologist"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Czech-2013-Prague-Astronomical_clock_face.jpg/330px-Czech-2013-Prague-Astronomical_clock_face.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1375"
deathDate: "1456"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.07
  momentum:             9.166666666666666
  historical:           7.212168
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Jan Šindel"
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    title: "Jan Šindel"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_%C5%A0indel"
    title: "Jan Šindel"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_%C5%A0indel"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_%C5%A0indel"
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    title: "ヤン・シンデル"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump