# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-van-loon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:33:09.590Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-van-loon"
name: "Paul van Loon"
slug: "paul-van-loon"
description: "Paul van Loon is a Dutch author of children's literature. Notable series by van Loon include Dolfje Weerwolfje and De Griezelbus , both of which have been adapted into theatre productions and films. His book Raveleijn was adapted into a television series and an amusement park show in theme park Efteling."
tagline: "Dutch singer and writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_van_Loon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1955-04-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.199177333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1785828/"
    handle:    "nm1785828"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://paulvanloon.nl/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/460598"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "پول ڤان لون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Loon"
    title: "Paul van Loon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Loon"
    title: "Paul van Loon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Loon"
    title: "Paul van Loon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Loon"
    title: "Paul van Loon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Loon"
    title: "Paul van Loon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_van_Loon"
    title: "Paul van Loon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d5b1e8c5-a60d-49c0-a142-4a38b3d96e5c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q379682"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1586277"
    title: "Paul van Loon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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