# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vilhelm-melbye
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:35:08.239Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vilhelm-melbye"
name: "Vilhelm Melbye"
slug: "vilhelm-melbye"
description: "Knud Frederik Vilhelm Hannibal Melbye was a Danish marine artist. Over the course of his career, he painted seascapes, coastal and harbor scenes, sailing vessels and topographical subjects in many parts of Europe, especially in the Mediterranean region."
tagline: "Danish artist (1824-1882)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vilhelm_Melbye.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1824-05-14"
deathDate: "1882-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.32
  momentum:             4.5
  historical:           8.537221333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/6094398"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_Melbye"
    title: "Vilhelm Melbye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_Melbye"
    title: "Vilhelm Melbye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_Melbye"
    title: "Vilhelm Melbye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_Melbye"
    title: "Vilhelm Melbye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_Melbye"
    title: "Vilhelm Melbye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_Melbye"
    title: "Vilhelm Melbye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B8%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC"
    title: "Мельби, Вильгельм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_Melbye"
    title: "Vilhelm Melbye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_Melbye"
    title: "Vilhelm Melbye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3371232"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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