# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joost-meerloo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:10:59.247Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joost-meerloo"
name: "Joost Meerloo"
slug: "joost-meerloo"
description: "Joost Abraham Maurits Meerloo was a Dutch/American Doctor of Medicine and psychoanalyst. He authored Rape of the Mind, an analysis of brainwashing techniques and thought control in totalitarian states."
tagline: "Dutch physician (1903–1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joost-a-m-meerloo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1903-03-14"
deathDate: "1976-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.831248
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "جوست ميرلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_Meerloo"
    title: "Joost Meerloo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_Meerloo"
    title: "Joost Meerloo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_Meerloo"
    title: "Joost Meerloo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_Meerloo"
    title: "Joost Meerloo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3281443"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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