# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rumold-mercator
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:20:31.763Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rumold-mercator"
name: "Rumold Mercator"
slug: "rumold-mercator"
description: "Rumold Mercator was a cartographer, son of Gerardus Mercator and brother of Arnold Mercator, both also cartographers."
tagline: "Flemish cartographer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Mercator_World_Map.jpg/330px-Mercator_World_Map.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1545"
deathDate: "1599"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.010296
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumold_Mercator"
    title: "Rumold Mercator"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "رومولد مركاتور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumold_Mercator"
    title: "Rumold Mercator"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumold_Mercator"
    title: "Rumold Mercator"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumold_Mercator"
    title: "Rumold Mercator"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumold_Mercator"
    title: "Rumold Mercator"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumold_Mercator"
    title: "Rumold Mercator"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%2C_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4"
    title: "Меркатор, Румольд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68441"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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