# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michel-velleman
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:04:54.150Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michel-velleman"
name: "Michel Velleman"
slug: "michel-velleman"
description: "Michel Velleman, known by his stage name Professor Ben Ali Libi, was a Dutch magician who was murdered in the Sobibor extermination camp during World War II. He is remembered in a poem by Dutch poet Willem Wilmink."
tagline: "Dutch magician (1895-1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Ali_Libi.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1895-01-05"
deathDate: "1943-07-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.296978666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Velleman"
    title: "Michel Velleman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ميشيل فيليمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Ali_Libi"
    title: "Ben Ali Libi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Velleman"
    title: "Michel Velleman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Velleman"
    title: "Michel Velleman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Velleman"
    title: "Michel Velleman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q151605"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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