# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willem-kieft
# Generated: 2026-08-15T19:10:11.740Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willem-kieft"
name: "Willem Kieft"
slug: "willem-kieft"
description: "Willem Kieft, also Wilhelm Kieft, was a Dutch merchant and the Director of New Netherland from 1638 to 1647."
tagline: "Director of New Netherland (1597–1647)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willem_(Wilhelm)_Kieft_(1597-1647)_Director_of_New_Netherland.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1597"
deathDate: "1647-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.38
  momentum:             13.67088607594937
  historical:           10.50943466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Кифт, Виллем"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%AA"
    title: "فيليم كيفت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Kieft"
    title: "Willem Kieft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Kieft"
    title: "Willem Kieft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Kieft"
    title: "Willem Kieft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Kieft"
    title: "Willem Kieft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Kieft"
    title: "Willem Kieft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Kieft"
    title: "Willem Kieft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Kieft"
    title: "Willem Kieft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Kieft"
    title: "Willem Kieft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Kieft"
    title: "Willem Kieft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Kieft"
    title: "Willem Kieft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q144430"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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