# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josef-van-ess
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:08:00.212Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josef-van-ess"
name: "Josef van Ess"
slug: "josef-van-ess"
tagline: "German Islamic scholar (1934–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Josef_van_Ess%2C_Pour_le_Merite_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1934-04-18"
deathDate: "2021-11-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.7
  momentum:             8.993055555555557
  historical:           5.677286666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_van_Ess"
    title: "Josef van Ess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A5%D8%B3"
    title: "يوسف فان إس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "يوسف فان اس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_van_Ess"
    title: "Josef van Ess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "یوزف فان اس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_van_Ess"
    title: "Josef van Ess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122720"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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