# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willy-vandersteen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:46:16.571Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willy-vandersteen"
name: "Willy Vandersteen"
slug: "willy-vandersteen"
description: "Willebrord Jan Frans Maria \"Willy\" Vandersteen was a Belgian creator of comic books. In a career spanning 50 years, he created a large studio and published more than 1,000 comic albums in over 25 series, selling more than 200 million copies worldwide."
tagline: "Flemish comics author (1913-1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vandersteen1985.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1913-02-15"
deathDate: "1990-08-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.83
  momentum:             1.37589928057554
  historical:           16.09108
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0998246/"
    handle:    "nm0998246"
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    url:       "http://suskeenwiske.ophetwww.net/bio/vandersteen.php"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willy Vandersteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Vandersteen"
    title: "Willy Vandersteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willy Vandersteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Willy Vandersteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Vandersteen"
    title: "Willy Vandersteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Vandersteen"
    title: "Willy Vandersteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Vandersteen"
    title: "Willy Vandersteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Vandersteen"
    title: "Willy Vandersteen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Вандерстен, Вилли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q543908"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Willy Vandersteen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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