# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wouter-schouten
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:49:21.426Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wouter-schouten"
name: "Wouter Schouten"
slug: "wouter-schouten"
description: "Wouter Schouten was a Dutch surgeon who published a book named \"East India Company Voyage\" in 1676 about his service experiences as a ship surgeon in VOC Dutch East India Company. The book was very successful and translated into many languages. He was also well-known for his surgical skills, experiences and medical knowledge."
tagline: "Dutch physician and writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wouters_schouten_haarlem.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1638"
deathDate: "1704"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.43
  momentum:             12.85714285714285
  historical:           5.004572
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouter_Schouten"
    title: "Wouter Schouten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouter_Schouten"
    title: "Wouter Schouten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouter_Schouten"
    title: "Wouter Schouten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouter_Schouten"
    title: "Wouter Schouten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouter_Schouten"
    title: "Wouter Schouten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q450383"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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