# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joost-swarte
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:19:04.229Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joost-swarte"
name: "Joost Swarte"
slug: "joost-swarte"
description: "Joost Swarte is a Dutch cartoonist and graphic designer. He is best known for his ligne claire or clear line style of drawing, a term he coined."
tagline: "Dutch graphic designer (born 1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joost_Swarte_(2017).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-12-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.76
  momentum:             0.06188118811881188
  historical:           10.96260133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8605994/"
    handle:    "nm8605994"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.joostswarte.nl/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/816833"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_Swarte"
    title: "Joost Swarte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_Swarte"
    title: "Joost Swarte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_Swarte"
    title: "Joost Swarte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_Swarte"
    title: "Joost Swarte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%87"
    title: "یوست سوارته"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_Swarte"
    title: "Joost Swarte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_Swarte"
    title: "Joost Swarte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_Swarte"
    title: "Joost Swarte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_Swarte"
    title: "Joost Swarte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joost_Swarte"
    title: "Joost Swarte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/20769d0a-e5be-499f-bf7a-48eda9b0afd0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q950648"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2180435"
    title: "Joost Swarte"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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