# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-de-wouters
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:50:01.175Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-de-wouters"
name: "Jean de Wouters"
slug: "jean-de-wouters"
description: "Jean Guy Marie Josef chevalier de Wouters d'Oplinter was a Belgian inventor and aeronautical engineer. He was born in Brussels. In 1957, he created the Calypso-Phot for Jacques-Yves Cousteau under their La Spirotechnique company name. It was later licensed to Nikon, where it became the Nikonos,. De Wouters apparently worked in aviation earlier in life, possibly during World War II, since he holds several patents for airplane improvements dating to that time period. He died in Rome in 1973."
tagline: "Belgian inventor and aeronautical engineer (1905–1973)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Jean_de_Wouters_d%27Oplinter_W.4_photo_L%27Aerophile_June_1937.jpg/330px-Jean_de_Wouters_d%27Oplinter_W.4_photo_L%27Aerophile_June_1937.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1905-01-27"
deathDate: "1973-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.003528
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jean de Wouters"
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    title: "جان دى ووترز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Wouters"
    title: "Jean de Wouters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Wouters"
    title: "Jean de Wouters"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Wouters"
    title: "Jean de Wouters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Wouters"
    title: "Jean de Wouters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Wouters"
    title: "Jean de Wouters"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Wouters"
    title: "Jean de Wouters"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1093961"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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