# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-costermans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:40:18.990Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-costermans"
name: "Paul Costermans"
slug: "paul-costermans"
description: "Paul-Marie-Adolphe Costermans was a Belgian soldier and colonial civil servant. After a brief career in the Belgian Army, Costermans enlisted for service in the military of the Congo Free State, the Force Publique, in 1890 and later served in the colony's administration. During several periods of service in the colony, Costermans rose through the ranks. Between 1904 and his death in 1905, he held the position of Vice Governor-General of the Congo."
tagline: "Belgian explorer (1860-1905)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_costermans.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1860-04-02"
deathDate: "1905-03-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.675126666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Costermans"
    title: "Paul Costermans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Costermans"
    title: "Paul Costermans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Costermans"
    title: "Paul Costermans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Costermans"
    title: "Paul Costermans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Costermans"
    title: "Paul Costermans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Костерманс, Поль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2059210"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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