# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willem-van-der-poel
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:01:15.412Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willem-van-der-poel"
name: "Willem van der Poel"
slug: "willem-van-der-poel"
description: "Willem Louis van der Poel was a Dutch computer scientist, who is known for designing one of the first computers to be designed in the Netherlands, the Zeer Eenvoudige Binaire Reken Automaat (ZEBRA), translated as Very Simple Binary Automatic Calculator."
tagline: "Dutch computer scientist (1926–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willem_van_der_Poel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1926-12-02"
deathDate: "2024-07-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.49
  momentum:             1.210191082802548
  historical:           4.806336
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "ویلم ون دوول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_der_Poel"
    title: "Willem van der Poel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_der_Poel"
    title: "Willem van der Poel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_der_Poel"
    title: "Willem van der Poel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_der_Poel"
    title: "Willem van der Poel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3189981"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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