# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-van-essen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:38:22.590Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-van-essen"
name: "Jan van Essen"
slug: "jan-van-essen"
description: "Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos or Voes, were the first two Lutheran martyrs, executed by the Council of Brabant for their adherence to Reformation doctrine. They were burned at the stake in Brussels on 1 July 1523."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dye_histori_so_zwen_Augustiner_Ordens_gemartert_seyn_tzu_Bruxel_in_Probant_von_wegen_des_Evangeli_(transl._Martin_Reckenhofer)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1485"
deathDate: "1523-07-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.98
  momentum:             1.792452830188679
  historical:           7.2045
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_den_Eschen"
    title: "Jan van den Eschen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_van_Esschen"
    title: "Johannes van Esschen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Esch"
    title: "Johann Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Van_Eschen"
    title: "Jean Van Eschen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_van_Esschen"
    title: "Johann van Esschen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_van_Essen_(geestelijke)"
    title: "Jan van Essen (geestelijke)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Esch"
    title: "Johann Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Esch"
    title: "Johann Esch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11725760"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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