# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johannes-goropius-becanus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:24:08.869Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johannes-goropius-becanus"
name: "Johannes Goropius Becanus"
slug: "johannes-goropius-becanus"
description: "Johannes Goropius Becanus, born Jan Gerartsen, was a Dutch physician, linguist, and humanist."
tagline: "Dutch linguist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GoropiusBecanus.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1519-06-23"
deathDate: "1572-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.23
  momentum:             1.970802919708029
  historical:           9.620124
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Goropius_Becanus"
    title: "Johannes Goropius Becanus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "چوهانس جوروپيوس بيكانوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Goropius_Becanus"
    title: "Johannes Goropius Becanus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Goropius_Becanus"
    title: "Johannes Goropius Becanus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9can_(humaniste)"
    title: "Bécan (humaniste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Goropius_Becanus"
    title: "Johannes Goropius Becanus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Goropius_Becanus"
    title: "Ioannes Goropius Becanus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Goropius_Becanus"
    title: "Johannes Goropius Becanus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Gor%C3%B3pio_Becano"
    title: "João Gorópio Becano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%81%2C_%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81"
    title: "Беканус, Йоханнес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Goropius_Becanus"
    title: "Johannes Goropius Becanus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1862248"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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