# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willem-jan-holsboer
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:59:15.568Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willem-jan-holsboer"
name: "Willem Jan Holsboer"
slug: "willem-jan-holsboer"
description: "Willem Jan Holsboer, also referred to as simply Jan Holsboer or as W. J. Holsboer, was a Dutch-born Swiss businessman, hotelier and pioneer of the tourism and railroad industry. Most notably he was the founder of Rhaetian Railway and patron of the tourism destination Davos."
tagline: "Dutch businessperson (1834–1898)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willem-Jan_Holsboer_in_Heimatmuseum_Davos.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1834-08-23"
deathDate: "1898-06-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.7
  momentum:             10.14086827580526
  historical:           4.809144
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Jan_Holsboer"
    title: "Willem Jan Holsboer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Jan_Holsboer"
    title: "Willem Jan Holsboer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Jan_Holsboer"
    title: "Willem Jan Holsboer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem-Jan_Holsboer"
    title: "Willem-Jan Holsboer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Jan_Holsboer"
    title: "Willem Jan Holsboer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2031001"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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