# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marc-van-roosmalen
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:12:02.952Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marc-van-roosmalen"
name: "Marc van Roosmalen"
slug: "marc-van-roosmalen"
description: "Marc van Roosmalen is a Dutch-Brazilian primatologist. He was elected as one of the \"Heroes for the Planet\" by Time magazine in 2000. His research has led to the identification of several new monkey species, as well as other mammals and plants, although some of these identifications are challenged. He is also an activist in the protection of the Brazilian rainforest. Van Roosmalen was awarded the honour of officer in the Order of the Golden Ark by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands in 1997."
tagline: "Dutch primatologist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1947-07-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.609864
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.marcvanroosmalen.info/"
sources:
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    title: "مارك ڤان روسمالين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marc van Roosmalen"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_van_Roosmalen"
    title: "Marc van Roosmalen"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_van_Roosmalen"
    title: "Marc van Roosmalen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_van_Roosmalen"
    title: "Marc van Roosmalen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_van_Roosmalen"
    title: "Marc van Roosmalen"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_van_Roosmalen"
    title: "Marc van Roosmalen"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_van_Roosmalen"
    title: "Marc van Roosmalen"
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  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_van_Roosmalen"
    title: "Marc van Roosmalen"
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  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_van_Roosmalen"
    title: "Marc van Roosmalen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump