# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willem-usselincx
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:34:36.382Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willem-usselincx"
name: "Willem Usselincx"
slug: "willem-usselincx"
description: "Willem Usselincx was a Flemish Dutch merchant, investor and diplomat who was instrumental in drawing both Dutch and Swedish attention to the importance of the New World. Usselincx was the founding father of the Dutch West India Company."
tagline: "Flemish merchant"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willem_Usselinx_(1567-na_1647)._Koopman_en_stichter_van_de_West_Indische_Compagnie_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-1675.jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1567"
deathDate: "1647"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.1
  momentum:             11.45855816965249
  historical:           7.686502666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Usselincx"
    title: "Willem Usselincx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8E%D9%85_%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8E%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "ویلێم ئوسێلینکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Usselincx"
    title: "Willem Usselincx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Usselinx"
    title: "Willem Usselinx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Usselincx"
    title: "Willem Usselincx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Usselincx"
    title: "Willem Usselincx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Usselincx"
    title: "Willem Usselincx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Usselincx"
    title: "Willem Usselincx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Usselincx"
    title: "Willem Usselincx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2022152"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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