# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karel-van-wijnendaele
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:02:59.507Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karel-van-wijnendaele"
name: "Karel Van Wijnendaele"
slug: "karel-van-wijnendaele"
description: "Karel Van Wijnendaele, pseudonym of Carolus Ludovicius Steyaert, was a Flemish sports journalist. He was the founder and first organizer of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic."
tagline: "Belgian journalist and politician (1882-1961)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1882-11-16"
deathDate: "1961-12-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.09
  momentum:             10.36915297092288
  historical:           5.471814666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Van_Wijnendaele"
    title: "Karel Van Wijnendaele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%DA%86%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "كاريل ڤان ويچنيندايل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Van_Wijnendaele"
    title: "Karel Van Wijnendaele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_van_Wijnendaele"
    title: "Karel van Wijnendaele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Van_Wijnendaele"
    title: "Karel Van Wijnendaele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Van_Wijnendaele"
    title: "Karel Van Wijnendaele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q559320"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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