# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/knud-holmboe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:25:26.960Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/knud-holmboe"
name: "Knud Holmboe"
slug: "knud-holmboe"
description: "Knud Valdemar Gylding Holmboe was a Danish journalist, author and explorer. He converted from Protestantism to Catholicism in 1921, and, after a sojourn in North Africa, ultimately converted to Islam in 1929, changing his name to Ali Ahmed el Gheseiri."
tagline: "Danish journalist (1902-1931)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Knud_Holmboe_Selbstportr%C3%A4t_1931.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1902-04-22"
deathDate: "1931-10-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.74
  momentum:             0.694006309148265
  historical:           7.678870666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knud_Holmboe"
    title: "Knud Holmboe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88"
    title: "كنود هولمبو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88"
    title: "كنود هولمبو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knud_Holmboe"
    title: "Knud Holmboe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knud_Holmboe"
    title: "Knud Holmboe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knud_Holmboe"
    title: "Knud Holmboe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knud_Holmboe"
    title: "Knud Holmboe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knud_Holmboe"
    title: "Knud Holmboe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knud_Holmboe"
    title: "Knud Holmboe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3048651"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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