# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/janus-van-kasteren
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:06:35.728Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/janus-van-kasteren"
name: "Janus van Kasteren"
slug: "janus-van-kasteren"
description: "Janus van Kasteren Jr. is a Dutch rally driver and businessman. He is the owner of Boss Machinery company, a heavy machinery supplier based out of Veldhoven. van Kasteren is best known for his participation in rally raid events in rally trucks. He is the winner of the 2023 Dakar Rally in the trucks category. In 2023, van Kasteren began participating in the World Rally-Raid Championship."
tagline: "Netherland driver compete in Dakar rally"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1986-09-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.9
  momentum:             13.92857142857143
  historical:           5.671346666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_van_Kasteren"
    title: "Janus van Kasteren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_van_Kasteren"
    title: "Janus van Kasteren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_van_Kasteren"
    title: "Janus van Kasteren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_van_Kasteren"
    title: "Janus van Kasteren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_van_Kasteren"
    title: "Janus van Kasteren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_van_Kasteren_Jr."
    title: "Janus van Kasteren Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116196401"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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