# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/julius-vuylsteke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:04:27.276Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/julius-vuylsteke"
name: "Julius Vuylsteke"
slug: "julius-vuylsteke"
description: "Julius Vuylsteke was a Belgian liberal politician and writer. He started his career as a lawyer, but later opened a bookshop. As a liberal Flemish politician, he founded the liberal association 't zal wel gaan, and he played an important role in the Flemish movement. Julius Vuylsteke promoted cultural cooperation of Flanders with the Netherlands. He became President of the Willemsfonds, and after his political career he gave his attention mainly to the history of Flanders. In 1867, he founded the Flemish weekly Het Volksbelang, which appeared for the first time on 12 January 1867. In 1867, Julius De Vigne was one of the editors together with Julius Sabbe, Jozef Van Hoorde, and Adolf Hoste."
tagline: "Belgian lawyer, bookseller, politician, writer and poet (1836-1903)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VuylstekeSteelink.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1836-11-10"
deathDate: "1903-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.268718666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Vuylsteke"
    title: "Julius Vuylsteke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Vuylsteke"
    title: "Julius Vuylsteke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%DA%A4%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "چوليوس ڤويلستيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2b20cb41-8993-4294-b257-6cb79937a7d6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Vuylsteke"
    title: "Julius Vuylsteke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Vuylsteke"
    title: "Julius Vuylsteke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2090892"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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