# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicholas-van-hoorn
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:00:30.837Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nicholas-van-hoorn"
name: "Nicholas van Hoorn"
slug: "nicholas-van-hoorn"
description: "Nicholas van Hoorn was a merchant sailor, privateer and pirate. He was born in the Dutch Republic and died near Veracruz after being wounded on the Isla de Sacrificios. Nikolaas or Klaas was engaged in the Dutch merchant service from about 1655 until 1659, and then bought a vessel with his savings. With a band of reckless men whom he had enlisted, he became a terror to the commerce of the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Empire. Later he had several ships in his employment and obtained such notoriety that some governments were willing to employ him against their enemies."
tagline: "Dutch pirate"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Van_Horn%2C_Striking_Down_a_Coward%2C_from_the_Pirates_of_the_Spanish_Main_series_(N19)_for_Allen_%26_Ginter_Cigarettes_MET_DP835000.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1635"
deathDate: "1683"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.09
  momentum:             0.1492537313432836
  historical:           5.881354666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_van_Hoorn"
    title: "Nicholas van Hoorn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_van_Hoorn"
    title: "Nicholas van Hoorn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Van_Horn"
    title: "Nicolas Van Horn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Хорн, Николас ван"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaes_van_Hoorn"
    title: "Nicolaes van Hoorn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_van_Hoorn"
    title: "Nicholas van Hoorn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2728874"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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