# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-blankenstein
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:05:02.187Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-blankenstein"
name: "John Blankenstein"
slug: "john-blankenstein"
description: "John Blankenstein was a Dutch football referee and gay rights activist. He was notable for being one of the first homosexual athletes to come out in the Netherlands."
tagline: "Dutch football referee (1949-2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sparta-PSV_1-1_scheidsrechter_J._Blankenstein%2C_Bestanddeelnr_933-7309.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1949-02-12"
deathDate: "2006-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.47
  momentum:             3.934552289815448
  historical:           8.757669333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ਜੌਹਨ ਬਲੈਂਕਨਸਟੀਨ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون بلانكينستاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون بلانكينستاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Blankenstein"
    title: "John Blankenstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Blankenstein"
    title: "John Blankenstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Blankenstein"
    title: "John Blankenstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Blankenstein"
    title: "John Blankenstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Blankenstein"
    title: "John Blankenstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Blankenstein"
    title: "John Blankenstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Blankenstein"
    title: "John Blankenstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q225831"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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