# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-van-de-velde-q1386880
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:27:11.539Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-van-de-velde-q1386880"
name: "Jean van de Velde"
slug: "jean-van-de-velde-q1386880"
description: "Jean van de Velde is a French professional golfer, who formerly played on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He is best known for his runner-up finish at the 1999 Open Championship, where he lost a three-shot lead on the final hole."
tagline: "Professional golfer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean_van_de_Velde.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1966-05-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.88
  momentum:             15.72409488139825
  historical:           7.354620000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "Jean Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "Jean Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "Jean Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_van_de_Velde_(golfer)"
    title: "Jean van de Velde (golfer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Van_de_Velde_(golf)"
    title: "Jean Van de Velde (golf)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87"
    title: "ジャン・ヴァン・デ・ヴェルデ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_van_de_Velde_(golfer)"
    title: "Jean van de Velde (golfer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Van_de_Velde"
    title: "Jean Van de Velde"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1386880"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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