# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willem-johannes-leyds
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:43:51.095Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willem-johannes-leyds"
name: "Willem Johannes Leyds"
slug: "willem-johannes-leyds"
description: "Willem Johannes Leyds was a Dutch lawyer and statesman who served as state attorney and state secretary of the South African Republic. From 1898 to 1902, during the crucial period of the Second Boer War, he was the Republic's special envoy and minister plenipotentiary in Brussels, accredited to several European states."
tagline: "Dutch lawyer and statesman (1859–1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leyds-Veth.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1859-05-01"
deathDate: "1940-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.29
  momentum:             5.302663438256657
  historical:           4.60702
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Johannes_Leyds"
    title: "Willem Johannes Leyds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%DA%86%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B3"
    title: "ويليم چوهانس ليدس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Johannes_Leyds"
    title: "Willem Johannes Leyds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Johannes_Leyds"
    title: "Willem Johannes Leyds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Johannes_Leyds"
    title: "Willem Johannes Leyds"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2536182"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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