# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-baptiste-kempf
# Generated: 2026-08-31T12:56:47.588Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-baptiste-kempf"
name: "Jean-Baptiste Kempf"
slug: "jean-baptiste-kempf"
description: "Jean-Baptiste Kempf is a French computer engineer and entrepreneur. He is a major contributor to the VideoLAN project and VLC software."
tagline: "French computer engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean-Baptiste_Kempf_par_Axelle_Manfrini%2C_Janvier_2021%2C_Paris.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1983-03-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.481550666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1447
platforms:
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbkempf/"
    handle:    "jbkempf"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://jbkempf.com/"
  - platform:  "GITHUB"
    url:       "https://github.com/jbkempf"
    handle:    "jbkempf"
    followers: 1447
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Kempf"
    title: "Jean-Baptiste Kempf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Kempf"
    title: "Jean-Baptiste Kempf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Kempf"
    title: "Jean-Baptiste Kempf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Kempf"
    title: "Jean-Baptiste Kempf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Kempf"
    title: "Jean-Baptiste Kempf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Kempf"
    title: "Jean-Baptiste Kempf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58879462"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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