# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-van-der-stel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:53:48.914Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-van-der-stel"
name: "Simon van der Stel"
slug: "simon-van-der-stel"
description: "Simon van der Stel was the first Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony (1691), the settlement at the Cape of Good Hope. He was interested in botany, establishing vineyards Groot and Klein Constantia, and producing a famous dessert wine. He is considered one of the founders of South African viticulture."
tagline: "Dutch explorer (1639-1712)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon_van_der_Stel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1639-10-14"
deathDate: "1712-06-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.01
  momentum:             8.08636569717973
  historical:           10.33020666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Стел, Симон ван дер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_van_der_Stel"
    title: "Simon van der Stel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "سيمون فان دير ستيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_van_der_Stel"
    title: "Simon van der Stel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_van_der_Stel"
    title: "Simon van der Stel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_van_der_Stel"
    title: "Simon van der Stel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_van_der_Stel"
    title: "Simon van der Stel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_van_der_Stel"
    title: "Simon van der Stel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_van_der_Stel"
    title: "Simon van der Stel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_van_der_Stel"
    title: "Simon van der Stel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_van_der_Stel"
    title: "Simon van der Stel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_van_der_Stel"
    title: "Simon van der Stel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q982270"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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