# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willem-verstegen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:55:50.427Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willem-verstegen"
name: "Willem Verstegen"
slug: "willem-verstegen"
description: "Willem Verstegen was a merchant in service of the Dutch East India Company and chief trader of factory in Dejima."
tagline: "Dutch trader and explorer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Iemitu.jpg/330px-Iemitu.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1612"
deathDate: "1659"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.80468
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%86"
    title: "فيليم فيرستيجن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Verstegen"
    title: "Willem Verstegen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Verstegen"
    title: "Willem Verstegen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%BC%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ウィレム・フルステーヘン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Verstegen"
    title: "Willem Verstegen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503733"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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