# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jens-nygaard-knudsen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:33:42.407Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jens-nygaard-knudsen"
name: "Jens Nygaard Knudsen"
slug: "jens-nygaard-knudsen"
description: "Jens Nygaard Knudsen was a Danish toy designer. He was a longtime chief designer at Lego, best known as the inventor of the yellow Lego minifigure."
tagline: "Danish toy designer"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1942-01-25"
deathDate: "2020-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.352941176470588
  historical:           9.407020000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Jens Nygaard Knudsen"
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    title: "Jens Nygaard Knudsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Nygaard_Knudsen"
    title: "Jens Nygaard Knudsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Nygaard_Knudsen"
    title: "Jens Nygaard Knudsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Nygaard_Knudsen"
    title: "Jens Nygaard Knudsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Nygaard_Knudsen"
    title: "Jens Nygaard Knudsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Nygaard_Knudsen"
    title: "Jens Nygaard Knudsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Nygaard_Knudsen"
    title: "Jens Nygaard Knudsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Nygaard_Knudsen"
    title: "Jens Nygaard Knudsen"
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  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3"
    title: "イエンス・ニゴール・クヌーセン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Nygaard_Knudsen"
    title: "Jens Nygaard Knudsen"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump