# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melchior-van-santvoort
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:28:13.896Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melchior-van-santvoort"
name: "Melchior van Santvoort"
slug: "melchior-van-santvoort"
description: "Melchior van Santvoort was one of the first Dutchmen in Japan, was a purser on the Dutch ship De Liefde, which was stranded in Japan in 1600. Some of his shipmates were Jacob Quaeckernaeck, Jan Joosten, and William Adams. Van Santvoort remained in Japan, where he spent 39 years as a merchant in Nagasaki."
tagline: "Dutch sailor"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/LiefdeShip.jpg/330px-LiefdeShip.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1570"
deathDate: "1641"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.881678666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "ملخیور فان سانتفورت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_van_Santvoort"
    title: "Melchior van Santvoort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_van_Santvoort"
    title: "Melchior van Santvoort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_van_Santvoort"
    title: "Melchior van Santvoort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_van_Santvoort"
    title: "Melchior van Santvoort"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%92%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88"
    title: "メルヒオール・ファン・サントフォールト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1267438"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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