# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willem-blaeu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:55:35.541Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willem-blaeu"
name: "Willem Blaeu"
slug: "willem-blaeu"
description: "Willem Janszoon Blaeu, also known as Willem Jansz. Blaeu (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləm ˈjɑnszoːn ˈblʌu];, was a Dutch cartographer, globe maker, and publisher. He was one of the leading figures of the Dutch school of cartography in the seventeenth century."
tagline: "Dutch cartographer, atlas maker and publisher (1571-1638)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Willem_Jansz._Blaeu_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1571"
deathDate: "1638"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.24
  momentum:             0.24906600249066
  historical:           18.659256
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "威廉·布劳"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willem Blaeu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willem Blaeu"
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    title: "Willem Blaeu"
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    title: "Willem Blaeu"
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    title: "Willem Blaeu"
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    title: "Willem Blaeu"
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    title: "Willem Blaeu"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump