# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-van-melle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:43:48.469Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-van-melle"
name: "John van Melle"
slug: "john-van-melle"
description: "Jan van Melle was the pen name of a Dutch-born South African writer. His real name was Johannes van Melle."
tagline: "South African writer (1887-1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johannes_van_Melle.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1887-02-11"
deathDate: "1953-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.33
  momentum:             9.999999999999998
  historical:           7.0018
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_van_Melle"
    title: "John van Melle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_van_Melle"
    title: "Johannes van Melle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_van_Melle"
    title: "John van Melle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_van_Melle"
    title: "John van Melle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_van_Melle"
    title: "Johannes van Melle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_van_Melle"
    title: "Johannes van Melle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2"
    title: "जॉन व्हान मेल"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_van_Melle"
    title: "Johannes van Melle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3644480"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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