# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wouter-van-twiller
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:16:06.893Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wouter-van-twiller"
name: "Wouter van Twiller"
slug: "wouter-van-twiller"
description: "Wouter van Twiller was an employee of the Dutch West India Company and the fifth Director of New Netherland. He governed from 1632 until 1638, succeeding Peter Minuit, who was recalled by the Dutch West India authorities in Amsterdam for unknown reasons."
tagline: "Dutch colonial administrator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wouter_van_Twiller_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1606-05-22"
deathDate: "1654-08-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.019476
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouter_van_Twiller"
    title: "Wouter van Twiller"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouter_van_Twiller"
    title: "Wouter van Twiller"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouter_van_Twiller"
    title: "Wouter van Twiller"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouter_van_Twiller"
    title: "Wouter van Twiller"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouter_van_Twiller"
    title: "Wouter van Twiller"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2275715"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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