# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-philippe-loncke
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:30:45.698Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-philippe-loncke"
name: "Louis-Philippe Loncke"
slug: "louis-philippe-loncke"
description: "Louis-Philippe Loncke is a Belgian explorer, adventurer and motivational speaker. In 2008, he achieved the world first crossing on foot of the length of the Simpson Desert, which was a North to South traverse passing through its geographical center. In 2018, he traversed Tasmania during the austral winter without resupplies and was nicknamed the Mad Belgian by some Australians."
tagline: "Adventurer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lille_-_Louis-Philippe_Loncke_-_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1977-03-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.68628666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.louis-philippe-loncke.com"
sources:
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    title: "Луї-Філіп Лонке"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لويس فيليب لونكي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لويس فيليب لونكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Philippe_Loncke"
    title: "Louis-Philippe Loncke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Philippe_Loncke"
    title: "Louis-Philippe Loncke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Philippe_Loncke"
    title: "Louis-Philippe Loncke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Philippe_Loncke"
    title: "Louis-Philippe Loncke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Philippe_Loncke"
    title: "Louis-Philippe Loncke"
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  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Philippe_Loncke"
    title: "Louis-Philippe Loncke"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Philippe_Loncke"
    title: "Louis-Philippe Loncke"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Philippe_Loncke"
    title: "Louis-Philippe Loncke"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Philippe_Loncke"
    title: "Louis-Philippe Loncke"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552861"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump