# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johan-van-veen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:58:06.132Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johan-van-veen"
name: "Johan van Veen"
slug: "johan-van-veen"
description: "Johan van Veen was a Dutch hydraulic engineer. He is considered the father of the Delta Works."
tagline: "Dutch engineer (1893-1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johan_van_Veen_(1953).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1893-12-21"
deathDate: "1959-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.51
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.480202666666667
  currentAttention:     8.440000000000001
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_van_Veen"
    title: "Johan van Veen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جون فان فيين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_van_Veen"
    title: "Johan van Veen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_van_Veen"
    title: "Johan van Veen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_van_Veen"
    title: "Johan van Veen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_van_Veen"
    title: "Johan van Veen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2094033"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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