# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-van-waefelghem
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:26:38.451Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-van-waefelghem"
name: "Louis van Waefelghem"
slug: "louis-van-waefelghem"
description: "Louis van Waefelghem was a Belgian violinist, violist and one of the greatest viola d'amore players of the 19th century. He also composed several works and made transcriptions for viola and viola d'amore."
tagline: "Belgian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LouisVanWaefelghem_BNF_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1840-01-13"
deathDate: "1908-06-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.71
  momentum:             0.2469135802469136
  historical:           6.802988
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/5535489"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85"
    title: "لويس ڤان وايفيلجيم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_van_Waefelghem"
    title: "Louis van Waefelghem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_van_Waefelghem"
    title: "Louis van Waefelghem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Van_Waefelghem"
    title: "Louis Van Waefelghem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Van_Waefelghem"
    title: "Louis Van Waefelghem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BC%2C_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Вафельгем, Луи ван"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/08ef83d0-f382-4e56-9bb6-bb2f87d79d74"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13610955"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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