# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-de-witte-de-haelen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:38:04.390Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-de-witte-de-haelen"
name: "Léon de Witte de Haelen"
slug: "leon-de-witte-de-haelen"
description: "Baron Léon Alphonse Ernest Bruno de Witte de Haelen, born Léon de Witte was a Belgian army officer and general who served during World War I. He is particularly known for commanding the Belgian Cavalry Division at the Battle of Haelen in 1914."
tagline: "Belgian officer (1857-1933)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/L%C3%A9on_de_Witte_1915.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1857-01-12"
deathDate: "1933-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.28
  momentum:             11.76470588235294
  historical:           6.541361333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5_%D0%B4%D0%B5_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Леон де Вітте де Хелен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_de_Witte"
    title: "Léon de Witte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_de_Witte_de_Haelen"
    title: "Léon de Witte de Haelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_de_Witte_de_Haelen"
    title: "Léon de Witte de Haelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%98%D7%94_%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9F"
    title: "לאון דה ויטה דה האלן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_de_Witte_de_Haelen"
    title: "Léon de Witte de Haelen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B5"
    title: "Витте, Леон де"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3271451"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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