# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-van-dam
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:49:23.698Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-van-dam"
name: "Joseph Van Dam"
slug: "joseph-van-dam"
description: "Joseph Van Dam was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Van Dam entered the 1926 Tour de France, won three stages and finished 12th place in the general classification"
tagline: "Professional road bicycle racer from Belgium (1901-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Van_Dam_Tour_de_France_1926_btv1b9025655f.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1901-11-02"
deathDate: "1986-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.42
  momentum:             2.435897435897436
  historical:           8.936825333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Joseph Van Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "جوزيف فان دام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "چوزيف فان دام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Van_Dam"
    title: "Joseph Van Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Van_Dam"
    title: "Joseph Van Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Van_Dam"
    title: "Joseph Van Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Van_Dam"
    title: "Joseph Van Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "یوسف فان دام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Van_Dam"
    title: "Joseph Van Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Van_Dam"
    title: "Joseph Van Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2307412"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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