# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wim-de-smet
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:48:45.837Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wim-de-smet"
name: "Wim De Smet"
slug: "wim-de-smet"
description: "Wim De Smet was a Flemish zoologist, specialized in marine mammals, and an esperantist. He published a lot of scientific and popularizing articles in Dutch, English, French and Esperanto. He projected an entirely new system for the naming and classification of animals and plants."
tagline: "Flemish zoologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wim_De_Smet_in_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1932-10-19"
deathDate: "2012-03-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           32.73
  momentum:             1.03448275862069
  historical:           5.267818666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_De_Smet"
    title: "Wim De Smet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "ويم دى سميت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_De_Smet"
    title: "Wim De Smet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_De_Smet"
    title: "Wim De Smet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_De_Smet"
    title: "Wim De Smet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wim_De_Smet"
    title: "Wim De Smet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q195064"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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