# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/max-velthuijs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:46:35.253Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/max-velthuijs"
name: "Max Velthuijs"
slug: "max-velthuijs"
description: "Max Velthuijs was a Dutch painter, illustrator and writer, one of the most famous children's illustrators in the Netherlands. His works have been translated from Dutch into English, Finnish, French, Swedish, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Norwegian and Danish. In 2004 he received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his \"lasting contribution to children's literature\"."
tagline: "Dutch author, lithographer, pen painter, illustrator, academy lecturer, graphic designer, graphic artist, children's book writer (1923-2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Max_Velthuijs_(1977).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1923-05-22"
deathDate: "2005-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.28783466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kikkerfeest.nl"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Max Velthuijs"
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    title: "Max Velthuijs"
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  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Velthuijs"
    title: "Max Velthuijs"
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    title: "ماکس ولتوییس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Velthuijs"
    title: "Max Velthuijs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%A1_%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%94%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A1"
    title: "מקס פלטהאוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Velthuijs"
    title: "Max Velthuijs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Velthuijs"
    title: "Max Velthuijs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Velthuijs"
    title: "Max Velthuijs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Velthuijs"
    title: "Max Velthuijs"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump