# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michel-coignet
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:38:30.380Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michel-coignet"
name: "Michel Coignet"
slug: "michel-coignet"
description: "Michiel Coignet was a Flemish polymath who made significant contributions to various disciplines including cosmography, mathematics, navigation and cartography. He also built new and improved scientific instruments and made military engineering designs."
tagline: "Flemish mathematician, astronomer, engineer (1549–1623)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Instruction_nouvelle.jpeg/330px-Instruction_nouvelle.jpeg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1549"
deathDate: "1623-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.870158666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_Coignet"
    title: "Michiel Coignet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%87"
    title: "ميخيل كونييه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Coignet"
    title: "Michel Coignet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_Coignet"
    title: "Michiel Coignet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Coignet"
    title: "Michel Coignet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Coignet"
    title: "Michel Coignet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3309299"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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