# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-rom
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:24:43.213Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-rom"
name: "Léon Rom"
slug: "leon-rom"
description: "Léon Auguste Théophile Rom was a Belgian military officer and colonial administrator. His role in atrocities in the Congo Free State has led some to speculate that Rom served as an inspiration for the character of Kurtz in Joseph Conrad's 1899 novella Heart of Darkness."
tagline: "Belgian soldier who became prominent in the administration of the Congo Free State (1859-1924)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LeonRom.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1859-04-02"
deathDate: "1924-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.59331466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/ch0496742/"
    handle:    "ch0496742"
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Rom"
    title: "Léon Rom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85"
    title: "لئون روم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Rom"
    title: "Léon Rom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Rom"
    title: "Léon Rom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Rom"
    title: "Léon Rom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Rom"
    title: "Léon Rom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Rom"
    title: "Léon Rom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9D"
    title: "לאון רום"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Rom"
    title: "Léon Rom"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A0"
    title: "レオン・ロム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A0%88%EC%98%B9_%EB%A1%AC"
    title: "레옹 롬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2746081"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3616014"
    title: "Romwell De Leon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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