# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willebrord-snellius
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:43:30.766Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willebrord-snellius"
name: "Willebrord Snellius"
slug: "willebrord-snellius"
description: "Willebrord Snellius (born Willebrord Snel van Royen, also Willebrord van Roijen Snell, commonly known simply as Snellius and Snell, was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician."
tagline: "Dutch astronomer and mathematician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portret_van_Willebrordus_Snellius%2C_RP-P-OB-15.346.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1580-06-13"
deathDate: "1626-10-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump