# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maarten-van-severen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:11:12.307Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maarten-van-severen"
name: "Maarten van Severen"
slug: "maarten-van-severen"
description: "Maarten Van Severen was a Belgian furniture designer and interior architect. He came from an artistic family: his father was the abstract painter Dan Van Severen while his brother, Fabian Van Severen, is also a designer. Maarten Van Severen started out studying architecture in Ghent, designing furniture from 1986 onward. He is considered one of the few Belgian designers who have achieved international success."
tagline: "Belgian furniture designer (1956–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maarten_dan_fabian.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1956-06-05"
deathDate: "2005-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.683550666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_Van_Severen"
    title: "Maarten Van Severen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_Van_Severen"
    title: "Maarten Van Severen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "مارتين ڤان سيڤيرين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_Van_Severen"
    title: "Maarten Van Severen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_van_Severen"
    title: "Maarten van Severen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten_van_Severen"
    title: "Maarten van Severen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1409014"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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