# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcel-van-dam
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:06:37.330Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marcel-van-dam"
name: "Marcel van Dam"
slug: "marcel-van-dam"
description: "Marcel Parcival Arthur van Dam is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and journalist."
tagline: "Dutch politician, columnist and television presenter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MarcelvanDam.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1938-01-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.765234666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1496379/"
    handle:    "nm1496379"
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_van_Dam"
    title: "Marcel van Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%85"
    title: "مارسيل فان دم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%85"
    title: "مارسيل فان دم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_van_Dam"
    title: "Marcel van Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_van_Dam"
    title: "Marcel van Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_van_Dam"
    title: "Marcel van Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_van_Dam"
    title: "Marcel van Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_van_Dam"
    title: "Marcel van Dam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2356265"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6275125"
    title: "Marcel van Dam"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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