# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maximilien-strauch
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:59:02.254Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maximilien-strauch"
name: "Maximilien Strauch"
slug: "maximilien-strauch"
description: "Colonel Maximilien Charles Ferdinand Strauch was a Belgian officer who played a role in the colonization of the Congo Basin. He was a trusted advisor of King Leopold II of Belgium, who entrusted him with the functions of secretary-general of the Association internationale africaine (1878), secretary of the Comité d'études du Haut-Congo (1878) and chairman of the Association internationale du Congo."
tagline: "Belgian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Maximilien_Strauch.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1829-10-04"
deathDate: "1911-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.48
  momentum:             1.666666666666666
  historical:           4.804284
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilien_Strauch"
    title: "Maximilien Strauch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilien_Strauch"
    title: "Maximilien Strauch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilien_Strauch"
    title: "Maximilien Strauch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilien_Strauch"
    title: "Maximilien Strauch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maximilien_Strauch"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26212117"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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