# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikolaos-van-dam
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:03:35.384Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikolaos-van-dam"
name: "Nikolaos van Dam"
slug: "nikolaos-van-dam"
description: "Nikolaos (Koos) van Dam is a Dutch scholar and author on the Middle East. He also was a Dutch Ambassador to Iraq, Egypt, Germany and Indonesia."
tagline: "Dutch diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ambassador_of_the_Netherlands_handing_over_assistance_to_a_state_elementary_school%2CTabloid_Diplomasi_26_2009%2C_pXX_09.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1945-04-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           8.075126666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump