# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicolas-freeling
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:12:50.352Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nicolas-freeling"
name: "Nicolas Freeling"
slug: "nicolas-freeling"
description: "Nicolas Freeling, was a British crime novelist, best known as the author of the \"Van der Valk\" series of detective novels. A television series based on the character, Van der Valk, was produced for the British ITV network by Thames Television during the 1970s and was revived in 1991–92; a remake with new cast, characters, and storylines was launched in 2020 as Van der Valk."
tagline: "English novelist (1927-2003)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1927-03-03"
deathDate: "2003-07-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.66
  momentum:             11.33781473980552
  historical:           9.236972
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0293262/"
    handle:    "nm0293262"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "نيكولا فريلينغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "نيكولا فريلينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nicolas Freeling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Freeling"
    title: "Nicolas Freeling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Freeling"
    title: "Nicolas Freeling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Freeling"
    title: "Nicolas Freeling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Freeling"
    title: "Nicolas Freeling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Freeling"
    title: "Nicolas Freeling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nicolas Freeling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q779972"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Nicolas Freeling"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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