# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willem-joseph-van-ghent
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:09:11.879Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willem-joseph-van-ghent"
name: "Willem Joseph van Ghent"
slug: "willem-joseph-van-ghent"
description: "Willem Joseph van Ghent was a Dutch States Navy officer and nobleman. His surname is also sometimes rendered Gendt or Gent; he was the first commander of the Dutch marines."
tagline: "Dutch admiral"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baron_Willem_Joseph_van_Ghent.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
birthDate: "1626-05-16"
deathDate: "1672-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.563825333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Joseph_van_Ghent"
    title: "Willem Joseph van Ghent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "ويليم چوزيف ڤان جينت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Joseph_van_Ghent"
    title: "Willem Joseph van Ghent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Joseph_van_Ghent"
    title: "Willem Joseph van Ghent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Joseph_de_Gand"
    title: "Willem Joseph de Gand"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Joseph_van_Ghent"
    title: "Willem Joseph van Ghent"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC-%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Ван Гент, Виллем-Йозеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q642584"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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