# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-de-heinzelin-de-braucourt
# Generated: 2026-08-16T02:39:30.273Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-de-heinzelin-de-braucourt"
name: "Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt"
slug: "jean-de-heinzelin-de-braucourt"
description: "Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt was a Belgian geologist who worked mainly in Africa. He worked at the universities of Ghent and Brussels. He gained international fame in 1950 when he discovered the Ishango Bone"
tagline: "Belgian geologist (1920–1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean_de_Heinzelin_de_Braucourt.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1920-08-06"
deathDate: "1998-11-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.82
  momentum:             11.80970149253731
  historical:           8.939633333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Жан де Хайнцелін де Брокур"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean de Heinzelin"
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    title: "Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt"
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    title: "Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Heinzelin_de_Braucourt"
    title: "Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt"
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    title: "ז'אן דה הנזלן דה ברוקור"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean de Heinzelin"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump