# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kay-nielsen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:11:07.109Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kay-nielsen"
name: "Kay Nielsen"
slug: "kay-nielsen"
description: "Kay Rasmus Nielsen was a Danish illustrator who was popular in the early 20th century, the Golden Age of Illustration which lasted from when Daniel Vierge and other pioneers developed printing technology to the point that drawings and paintings could be reproduced with reasonable facility. Nielsen is also known for his collaborations with Disney for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least for Fantasia."
tagline: "Danish illustrator (1886–1957)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Illustration_by_Kay_Nielsen_9.jpg/330px-Illustration_by_Kay_Nielsen_9.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1886-03-12"
deathDate: "1957-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.117624348800472
  historical:           13.02844533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0630888/"
    handle:    "nm0630888"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump